The formation of merging black holes via stable mass transfer in massive binary stars
Abac, A. G. et al. GWTC-4.0: an Introduction to version 4.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog. Astrophys. J.…
Stable mass transfer from a substellar object onto an M dwarf
Bellm, E. C. et al. The Zwicky Transient Facility: system overview, performance, and first results. Publ. Astron. Soc.…
The Solar System Has a New Life Expectancy, and It’s a Billion Times Shorter
Isaac Newton suspected that the gravitational dance between the Sun and Jupiter would eventually destabilize the solar system,…
NASA’S Webb Telescope Captures Detailed View Of Lion Nebula, Revealing Its Dying Star
A new view of the Lion Nebula has revealed more details about its striking shape and the dying…
Traversing the Galactic Centre in space and time
The organizers of the Galactic Center workshop 2026 (IAU Symposium 405) thank the Grant Agency of the Czech…
The universe may contain a staggering 40 quintillion black holes
Astronomers estimate that about 40 quintillion stellar-mass black holes exist within the observable universe, a number written as…
Aerosols and hydrocarbons in the atmosphere of a white dwarf planet
Data reduction Our PRISM observation used 33 groups across 240 integrations, with each integration lasting 29.8 s, for a…
Periodic radio and X-ray emission from an accreting white dwarf binary
Hotan, A. W. et al. Australian square kilometre array pathfinder: I. System description. Publ. Astron. Soc. Aust. 38,…
Gravitational-wave constraints on the pair-instability mass gap and nuclear burning in massive stars
Gravitational-wave observations of binary black holes have opened a new window onto massive-star evolution1,2,3,4,5, but population inferences remain…
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…
NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Triples Size of Pleiades Star Cluster
Astronomers have revolutionized our understanding of a collection of stars in the northern sky called the Pleiades. They…
Betelgeuse’s Newfound Companion Star Keeps Breaking Astronomy Rules
A couple months back, astronomers officially confirmed the existence of “Betelbuddy,” Betelgeuse’s long-suspected companion star. Since then, researchers…