NASA’s Chandra Breaks Down ‘Treble Clef’s’ Galaxy Cluster Collision
Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to break down the cause of a remarkable formation of radio…
Astronomers hear a mysterious ‘hum’ across the universe; one explanation begins with strange dark stars 13 billion years ago
Astronomers may have found a new way to investigate one of the biggest mysteries in cosmic history: how…
New study challenges existing knowledge for why galaxies stop forming stars
Most galaxy collisions do not cause galaxies to stop making new stars.A galaxy’s central black hole and its…
‘What we found was striking’: Physicists take the closest-ever look at a black hole’s mysterious event horizon
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Supermassive black holes may be surrounded by dark matter clusters, new ‘echo map’ technique suggests
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Astronomers Discover Two Monster Black Holes Creating a Cosmic Void as They Merge
Artistic depiction, for illustrative purposes online. Space is usually crowded at the center of a giant galaxy. Stars…
Massive black hole from the early universe has astronomers looking back to the Big Bang
Far back in cosmic time, one small red object is refusing to behave. Abell 2744–QSO1 appears just 700…
How black holes become cosmic monsters: Scientists uncover the violent merger chain behind giant space objects |
The Universe keeps throwing up surprises, and black holes are right at the centre of it. The biggest…
2 supermassive black holes may collide 100 years from now — and Earth would feel it
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Astronomers detect mega-laser beam signal from 8 billion light-years away |
One of the most remarkable discoveries made by astronomers in recent years is the identification of an extremely…
Webb telescope photos show mysterious little red dots. Astronomers don’t know what they are
Captured by Webb’s NIRCam, composite images use infrared filters to sample light wavelengths. Monochromatic exposures were assigned the…
Webb telescope photos show mysterious little red dots. Astronomers don’t know what they are
Like tiny photobombers, cosmic anomalies resembling small, bright red points show up in almost every snapshot taken by…