Milky Way’s ‘Central Black Hole’ is Compact Object Composed of Fermionic Dark Matter, Study Says
For decades, the motions of stars near the center of our Milky Way Galaxy have been treated as…
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…
Physicists Begin Building First-Ever Graviton Detector
Stevens Institute of Technology physicist Igor Pikovski and colleagues are developing the first experiment designed to capture individual…
Myth of wormholes and the quantum meaning of Einstein-Rosen Bridge
For decades, wormholes have been hypothesized as mysterious tunnels that might let us cross galaxies or even time…
Early Universe’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Young Supermassive Black Holes, Astrophysicists Say
Astrophysicists at the University of Copenhagen show that the enigmatic ‘little red dots’ — red sources scattered across…
NASA’s space probe reveals the violent past of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way
An artist’s illustration showing a black hole. (Image source: AlexAntropov86 – Pixabay) Astronomers have discovered the violent past…
Supermassive black hole on a ‘collision course’ with the Milky Way | Science | News
A supermassive black hole residing within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) – a satellite galaxy – is on…
Something in space is sending us bright blue flashes – and now scientists might know what they are
Something in space is sending us brief, very bright blasts of blue light – and scientists might finally have…
“This is a Real Gift for Physicists”: A Black Hole Just Twisted Spacetime—and Proved Einstein Right Again
A star’s violent destruction by a black hole has offered physicists an extraordinary gift this holiday season: a…
Something in space is sending us bright blue flashes – and now scientists might know what they are
Interstellar Visitor (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) Something in space is sending us brief, very…
These celestial objects survive the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way
At the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, there is a supermassive black hole about 4 million…
Watch a black hole fall into a star and then blow up
It’s the greatest cosmic murder mystery of the year: How did a black hole destroy a star—and what…