Astronomers detect winds from a black hole reaching 30% of the speed of light
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing two black holes. Recently, astronomers have detected powerful winds in a…
Mysterious Cosmic Signal Could Be First Real Evidence of Primordial Black Holes
Artist’s illustration of two black holes orbiting each other. Credit: Carl Knox, OzGrav, Swinburne University of Technology Scientists…
Scientists Say Supermassive Black Holes Could Be Surrounded by Millions of Planets
Artist’s rendition of a supermassive black hole. Credit: WikiMedia Commons At the center of most large galaxies sits…
Scientists Think a Cosmic Particle Accelerator Shot a Mystery Particle Right at Earth
A new paper in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics has put forth an intriguing theory: A…
Astronomers Detect a Close Pair of Supermassive Black Holes for the First Time
The artistic rendering shows the center of the galaxy Markarian 501, from which two powerful jets emanate. The…
New 7-Dimensional Theory May Finally Solve the Black Hole Information Paradox
Researchers propose that extra-dimensional spacetime torsion prevents black holes from fully evaporating, leaving remnants that preserve quantum information.…
A ‘Black Hole’ in Your Consciousness Makes You See a Unique Version of Reality, Neuroscientists Say
Abyssal whirlpools lurking somewhere in deep space, swallowing light and guarding the mysteries of the universe. That is…
The Universe’s Most Powerful Particles May Be Even Stranger Than Scientists Thought
Artist’s impression of an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray reaching Earth. New research suggests that some of the highest-energy cosmic…
Scientists Reveal a Bizarre Space-Time Structural Phenomenon That Could Be Creating Baby Black Holes
The space-time oddities of modern physics may have just been taken to a new level of odd, as…
The Fastest-Known Star Near the Milky Way’s Black Hole Has Been Spotted—Now It Could Help Test Einstein’s Theory of Gravity
The fastest-moving star, S301, was discovered recently by Stefan Gillessen’s team at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial…
ATLAS observes new Bc meson excited state
The ATLAS Collaboration reports the first observation of the Bc*+ meson – a new composite particle state containing…
Google’s Changes to How We Search Are About to Ruin the Internet
Google is about to ruin the internet. And I love the internet. I love websites. I love sending…