NASA, Partners Advance LISA Prototype Hardware
Engineers and scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, completed tests this month on a…
NASA’s Webb Delivers Unprecedented Look Into Heart of Circinus Galaxy
The Circinus Galaxy, a galaxy about 13 million light-years away, contains an active supermassive black hole that continues…
Even Black Holes May Not Fully Hide Quantum Entanglement
Insider Brief A new theoretical study finds that quantum entanglement may remain distinguishable in principle even after one…
Were black holes born before stars? JWST finds a troubling case
When astronomers look deep into the early universe, they don’t expect to see fully developed cosmic objects but…
Three Supermassive Black Holes Discovered on Collision Course in a Cosmic First
Some 1.2 billion light-years from Earth, a massive event is unfolding on cosmic scales. There, not two, but…
Runaway Black Hole Escapes Its Galaxy—and It’s Leaving Baby Stars in Its Wake
A supermassive black hole that’s 10 million times the mass of the Sun is hurtling through space, leaving…
Astronomers Caught a Spacetime Whirlpool Around a Black Hole as First Predicted by Einstein. “This is a Real Gift for Physicists”
An artist’s impression depicts the accretion disk surrounding a black hole, in which the inner region of the…
Astronomers May Have Finally Solved the Mystery of These Freaky Blue Cosmic Flashes
The cosmos is so full of mysteries that sometimes, astronomers will find answers to things you’ve probably never…
Astronomers discover spacetime drag around a supermassive black hole — as predicted by Einstein
A star’s fatal brush with a supermassive black hole can light up a quiet galaxy. When gravity shreds…
Is the universe ending sooner than we thought? New physics suggests a much shorter lifespan |
New physics reveals detailed calculations showing the universe’s end may come far sooner than expected, with an exact…
NASA’s Chandra Finds Small Galaxies May Buck the Black Hole Trend
Most smaller galaxies may not have supermassive black holes in their centers, according to a recent study using…
Scientists May Have Finally Seen Dark Matter
The universe has no shortage of mysteries, many of which have puzzled us for ages. One of the…