A Cannibal Star Finally Solves One of Astronomy’s Biggest Mysteries
Scientists have linked a mysterious class of repeating cosmic signals to a white dwarf star stealing material from…
Astronomers may have discovered one of the rarest explosions in the universe
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing a neutron star and another star. By studying a supernova that…
Insights from the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalogue-4.0
The Innovation Platform spoke with Viola Sordini, researcher at IP2I Lyon (CNRS) and deputy spokesperson of the Virgo…
UH astronomy alumnus honored as outstanding young scientist
Reading time: < 1 minuteGagandeep Anand A University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) alumnus has been recognized…
Scientists Discover Two Strange Dead Stars That Defy Astronomical Expectations
Two exotic white dwarf merger remnants have been found to share a striking set of unusual properties, including…
Hubble Captures M88 on Journey to Center of Virgo Cluster
The focus of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is an active spiral galaxy on a journey lasting hundreds of millions of…
50x faster simulations for world’s most powerful X-ray laser, unlocked
Researchers in Germany have developed a new computational method that could significantly speed up experiments at the world’s…
The Universe’s Most Powerful Particles May Be Even Stranger Than Scientists Thought
Artist’s impression of an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray reaching Earth. New research suggests that some of the highest-energy cosmic…
NASA’s Webb Reveals Black Hole That Formed Before Its Galaxy
Which comes first, the galaxy or the black hole? We don’t know, but scientists have long thought it…
New Instrument Used Antarctic Ice Sheet to Probe Extreme Universe
The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) is a NASA Astrophysics Pioneers Program mission designed to detect the…
Top Comments: Possible Source of Energetic Neutrinos
Here at Top Comments we strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site’s best, funniest,…
This Alien Planet Has Rock Clouds That Vaporize Before Sunset
Artistic representation of WASP-94A b, a gas giant in the Microscopium constellation. Clouds build as air flows over…