Stars vanish from night sky as light pollution from cities, towns grows
Loading… We are losing the stars. Not all at once, but quietly, one streetlight, one neon sign, one…
A pulsar rotating 122 times per second could be present at the heart of the Milky Way
ⓘ NidhiYashwanth – Pixabay An artist’s illustration showing a pulsar. After conducting research, astronomers would have discovered a…
Steve Durst – the US citizen space diplomat who reached out to China
Steve Durst, a US space entrepreneur who spent decades building rare bridges with China’s space sector despite restrictions…
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…
Why supermassive black hole continues to belch matter years after chewing up a star
Scientists are observing the behaviour of ‌a supermassive black hole that is displaying exceptionally messy eating habits. Primarily…
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…
Daring Theory Challenges the Black Hole’s Reign Over the Milky Way’s Core
Astronomers have yet to fully grasp the Galactic Center—the heart of the Milky Way—although they’re fairly certain that…
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…
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…
A Gigantic Spinning Filament of 14 Galaxies Could Be the Largest Rotating Structure Ever Found
This spinning branch of the cosmic web binds 14 galaxies together. Credit: Lyla Jung. In a recently published…
This star orbiting a black hole has a composition that surprises scientists
Many stars are present in the universe, and they also have various characteristics. But recently, astronomers have studied…
Astronomers Hope a Mysterious Glow in the Milky Way Is What They Think It Is
For all the discoveries we’re making of faraway galaxies, we’re still struggling to fully understand our own galaxy, the…