Largest-Ever Physics Survey Raises New Doubts About Our Model of the Universe
A global survey of physicists reveals strikingly little consensus on some of the deepest questions in modern physics,…
Scientists Reveal How to Search for Black Hole “Hair”
For nearly sixty years, Einstein’s general relativity has offered a starkly simple picture of black holes: they are…
Astronomers Have Completed the Largest Map of Space. Yes, You Can Play With It.
The driving force behind our universe’s accelerated expansion remains one of the greatest mysteries in astronomy. While this…
Scientists Create the Littlest Big Bang to Study the Universe’s Origins
In the very first moments of the universe, matter didn’t exist as we know today. A millionth of…
New NASA telescope seeks fate of the universe and ‘Earth twins’
NASA is set to launch its latest multi-billion-dollar telescope Sunday morning, as scientists gather at Florida’s Space Coast…
NASA Cancels Its Rescue Mission for the Aging Swift Telescope
The Swift space observatory has been in operation since 2004. It specializes in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most…
Space mystery leads scientists to discovery of ‘black hole stars’
Astronomers identify new type of ‘black hole star’ in universe while hunting space mystery A black hole star…
A cosmic breadcrumb trail leads astronomers to a discovery in another galaxy
A cosmic breadcrumb trail leads astronomers to a discovery in another galaxy A faint ribbon of stars in…
Three supermassive black holes have been discovered in the same galaxy
If black holes fascinate astronomers, it is mainly because of their power, but also because of the many…
Dusty Accretion Disks around Supermassive Black Holes May Be Secret Planet Factories
Astronomers from New Mexico State University, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center and CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College propose…
Rocky Planets May Have Started Forming Just 100 Million Years after Big Bang
New simulations suggest supernova explosions of the Universe’s first stars scattered the ingredients for rocky planets only 100…
Astronomers have observed a wandering black hole shredding a star
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing a star and a galaxy. Astronomers have recently detected a black…