The Strange “Spacetime Crystal” That Can Suddenly Turn Into a Black Hole
Physicists have long known that black holes do not necessarily have to form from collapsing stars. Under the…
NASA Robotic Tech Demo Will Advance Prototype Gamma-Ray Detectors
A new type of gamma-ray sensor developed by NASA, called AstroPix, will take part in a robotic arm…
AI Learned How the Universe Works—and That Created an Unexpected Problem for Physicists
When cosmology makes headlines, we often see fancy images of cosmic maps and supernovas. But in reality, scientists…
Astronomers detect winds from a black hole reaching 30% of the speed of light
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing two black holes. Recently, astronomers have detected powerful winds in a…
NASA Webb Finds Strongest Evidence Yet for ‘Black Hole Stars’
The complex puzzle known as little red dots has become more complete since their initial discovery by NASA’s…
An Archival Summary: 15 Years Of ALMA Observations On Disks And Planet Formation
Collection of disks with localized asymmetries in the dust continuum emission, shown at the same spatial scale based…
Magnetic Fields May Solve a Longstanding Binary Star Mystery
Visualization of gas flows around a binary protostar system calculated by ATERUI III. The gas shown in red…
Record-Breaking Black Hole Wind Blasts Through Space at 30% the Speed of Light
An artist’s impression of a quasar. The black dot in the center represents the supermassive black hole at…
Bucking boycotts, prizewinning Israeli astrophysicist finds ‘Zen-like’ perspective in space
Astrophysicist Paz Biniamini from the Open University of Israel on Tuesday became the first scholar in the Ra’anana-based…
Astronomers Discover Two Monster Black Holes Creating a Cosmic Void as They Merge
Artistic depiction, for illustrative purposes online. Space is usually crowded at the center of a giant galaxy. Stars…
Massive Void Near Milky Way’s Black Hole Could Solve a 50-Year Mystery
Theoretically speaking, black holes should breathe stuff out as they suck stuff in. But for 50 years, astronomers…
NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Search 100 Million Stars for New Worlds
This infographic features artist’s concept views of our Milky Way galaxy: face-on at the left and edge-on at…