New look at the stars around the Milky Way's centre – ESO.org
New look at the stars around the Milky Way’s centre ESO.orgThe Most Detailed Image of the Milky Way’s Heart…
Astronomers Find Hidden Structures in Early Universe
Using spectral data from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory, astronomers have produced the most detailed 3D map…
You saw remnants of Big Bang as TV static happened, and you didn’t even know
Do you remember the white noise that came on television channels when no station was available? It apparently…
Photographer Captures Six Planets Twinkling in the Night Sky in Rare Alignment
There are seven celestial objects in this photo by Josh Dury. Scroll down to see the annotated version.…
Dark matter and neutrinos are linked and interact with each other
A quiet shift in the numbers behind the universe’s growth is pushing scientists toward a bold possibility. Two…
Rather Than Expanding Forever, The Universe May Be Doomed to “Crunch” in 20 Billion Years
Illustration by ZME Science. We’ve been told by science that the universe is expanding relentlessly, driven by a…
Ultra-High-Energy Neutrino May Signal First Glimpse of Primordial Black Hole Explosion
Physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst argue that an ultra-high-energy neutrino detected by the KM3NeT experiment could…
New gravitational wave detection tests Einstein’s theory of gravity
On January 14, 2025, the LIGO detectors recorded the loudest gravitational-wave (GW) signal to date, GW250114_082203, nicknamed GW250114,…
JWST confirmed the most distant galaxy ever observed at 13.5 billion light years away
With James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), NASA has confirmed its sightings of the farthest known galaxy to date,…
570-Megapixel Dark Energy Camera Unravels Mysteries of the Dark Universe
The Bullet Cluster is made up of two galaxy clusters that are colliding, one moving through the other,…
A cosmic giant caught breaking the universe’s growth rules
In the early universe, astronomers found a rare light that breaks the rules of how black holes grow.…
New Cosmological Simulations Shed Light on Growth of Black Holes in Early Universe
New state-of-the-art simulations by Maynooth University astronomers show that in the dense, turbulent dawn of the cosmos, ‘light…