Violent Collision May Have Destroyed Milky Way’s First Stellar Disk
New simulations suggest a violent collision 11 billion years ago reshaped our Galaxy and triggered a burst of…
Did Chinese scientists simulate what could be the ‘end of the universe’?
If a certain tiny bubble suddenly appeared somewhere in the cosmos, physicists say, it could expand and erase…
With a mass of about 50 billion times that of the Sun, this black hole is one of the largest ever discovered
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An image showing a black hole in the universe. Astronomers have recently discovered a…
Astronomers Catch Interstellar Turbulence Warping Light across Milky Way
For the first time, astronomers have directly detected how turbulent clouds of ionized gas between the stars bend…
With a power of 10,000 suns, jets emitted by a black hole were measured for the first time
The universe contains many mysterious and powerful objects. This is the case for black holes, which are celestial…
Raglan: World Surf League NZ Pro Competition hits Manu Bay as crowds and surfers arrive
“The world’s best surfers are coming here, and they’re coming to one of the most iconic waves on…
Scientists discover how giant black holes grow through cosmic collisions
The biggest black holes in the cosmos may not be the quiet offspring of collapsing stars, but the…
Webb Discovers Slow-Rotating Galaxy in Early Universe
In today’s Universe, most galaxies are held together by orderly rotation. But among the largest, no-longer star-forming systems,…
Scientists discover hidden ‘knots’ in the fabric of spacetime
Spacetime, the invisible fabric stitching the universe together, could actually be far more complex than previously believed. Long…
New debate over Pluto: Is the dwarf set to become a planet again?
At a recent Senate hearing on NASA’s 2027 budget request, NASA’s Administrator Jared Isaacman made a comment that…
Dark Matter May Have Jump-Started Universe’s First Giant Black Holes
New research by astronomers from the University of California, Riverside, Sam Houston State University and the University of…
ATLAS maps the rare four-way intersections of the weak force
Despite its resounding success at describing high-energy phenomena, the Standard Model of particle physics provides no explanation for…