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…
After nearly a century of looking, researchers may have finally detected dark matter
For nearly a century, something unseen has tugged at the cosmos. In the 1930s, Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky…
Aquilla – Sentinels of New Dawn Review
The Polish metal scene is much better known around these parts for its bludgeoning death metal than for…
Pulsars or dark matter? The Milky Way’s central glow just got more puzzling
For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused…
A 60-Year-Old Cosmic Puzzle May Finally Have an Answer
Supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies emit radiation and ultra-fast winds into space. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech…
Astrophysicists Zero In on Source of Strange Gamma-Ray Signals
Artist’s impression of a MSP binary system. Credit: ESA & Francesco Ferraro (Bologna Astronomical Observatory) Millisecond pulsar binaries…