Astronomers have discovered a collision between two neutron stars in a small galaxy
ⓘ Mikkehouse – Pixabay An artist’s illustration showing a neutron star. Recently, astronomers have discovered a collision between…
NASA Discovers Crash of Extreme Stars in Unexpected Site
A fleet of NASA missions has likely uncovered a collision between two ultradense stars in a tiny galaxy…
Scientists develop a new way to measure the expansion rate of the universe
For years, cosmologists have argued over a simple question with an awkward answer: How fast is the universe…
NASA’s Webb Examines Cranium Nebula
Two heads are better than one in the latest images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which reveal…
Young ‘Sun’ Caught Blowing Bubbles by NASA’s Chandra
For the first time, a much younger version of the Sun has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in…
NASA’s Webb Telescope Locates Former Star That Exploded as Supernova
Forty million years ago, a star in a nearby galaxy exploded, spewing material across space and generating a…
NASA’s Hubble Identifies One of Darkest Known Galaxies
The low-surface-brightness galaxy CDG-2, within the dashed red circle at right, is dominated by dark matter and contains…
Is the Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy Actually a Massive Knot of Dark Matter? Sounds Crazy, But the Numbers Line Up
Artistic representation of the Milky Way, where the innermost stars move at near relativistic speeds around a dense…
7 Weird Space Phenomena That Only Make Sense if Dark Matter Exists
Dark matter is the invisible stuff making up around 85% of the universe’s mass. Like its name, dark…
Scientists show how to narrow the hunt for merging giant black holes
Somewhere in the universe, enormous black holes are circling each other so slowly that their motion can’t be…
NASA Researchers Probe Tangled Magnetospheres of Merging Neutron Stars
New simulations performed on a NASA supercomputer are providing scientists with the most comprehensive look yet into the…
NASA Webb Pushes Boundaries of Observable Universe Closer to Big Bang
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has topped itself once again, delivering on its promise to push the boundaries…