Astronomers Discover a “Universal” Trigger for Black Hole Jets
Artist’s impression of a black hole surrounded by glowing stellar debris, with material heating up as it spirals…
NASA Hubble Cold Case: A Dead Star May Have Given Birth to a New Planet
This artist’s concept depicts a possible explanation for the unusual chemical abundances NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope detected in…
NASA’s Webb Captures Commotion From Nebula’s Stellar Jets
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed many protostars and stars within the glowing gases of NGC 7129.…
This May Be the Strangest Explanation Yet for the Mysterious Particle That Slammed Into Earth in 2023
In 2023, the KM3NeT neutrino detector picked up an impossibly powerful signal—tens of thousands of times more energetic…
Cosmic gamma rays test the limits of Einstein’s speed of light rule
A reanalysis of cosmic gamma-ray measurements found no evidence of the tested departures from Lorentz invariance.The researchers tightened…
Einstein Probe Discovers a Secret Phase of Neutron Star Collisions
Artist’s impression of satellites observing high-energy prompt emission from a binary neutron star merger. SVOM and HXMT detected…
NASA’s Webb Provides Crash Course on Planet-Shattering Collisions
In the early history of our solar system, scientists theorize that a Mars-sized object called Theia smashed into…
Amendment 75: Corrections to several program elements regarding SciENcv and other topics
Information about the required SciENcv format for biographical sketch and current and pending support was expanded/improved in A.13…
Scientists outline how spacecraft could reach a nearby black hole within a century
A speculative mission concept proposes sending laser-powered, gram-scale spacecraft to a black hole that could potentially exist within…
Fastest Star Ever Found in the Milky Way Is Racing Around Our Galaxy’s Black Hole
Wide-field view of the center of the Milky Way. Credit: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide…
NASA’s Hubble Spots an Out-of-Sync Galaxy
Though the spiral galaxy in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope seems serene, it hides a chaotic…
‘Born-again’ star shows astronomers stellar evolution in real time
How a dead star burst back to life The scientists believe the star was similar to our Sun,…