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Scientists detect the ringing of a newborn black hole for the first time

Physicists have 'heard' the ringing of an infant black hole for the first time, and found that the pattern of this ringing does, in fact, predict the black hole's mass and spin - more evidence that Einstein was right all along.

September 11, 2019 Read more

Afterglow sheds light on the nature, origin of neutron star collisions

Researchers use Hubble to capture deepest optical image of first neutron star merger.

September 9, 2019 Read more

And then there was light: looking for the first stars in the Universe

Researchers hunt for a 12-billion-year-old signal that marks the end of the post Big Bang 'dark age'.

September 9, 2019 Read more

Chemical element potassium detected in an exoplanet atmosphere

A team of astronomers detected the chemical element potassium in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, for the first time with overwhelming significance and applying high-resolution spectroscopy.

September 4, 2019 Read more

Supernova remnants used to probe how star explosion took shape

The evolution of an exploding star begins more haphazardly than previously thought.

August 30, 2019 Read more

The dark side of extrasolar planets share surprisingly similar temperatures

New study suggests that the nightsides of hot Jupiters share clouds made of minerals.

August 28, 2019 Read more

'Green peas' provide clues to the early days of the universe

It is probable that primordial galaxies triggered the period in the history of the universe known as 'cosmic reionisation'. Astronomers have succeeded in demonstrating this by studying green pea galaxies.

August 28, 2019 Read more

Temperatures of 800 billion degrees in the cosmic kitchen

HADES experiment simulates colliding and merging neutron stars.

August 22, 2019 Read more

Black hole holograms

Researchers propose a new holographic method to simulate black holes with a tabletop experiment. This work may be crucial for solving one of the biggest mysteries in science -- reconciling quantum mechanics and general relativity.

August 20, 2019 Read more

A second planet in the Beta Pictoris system

A team of astronomers has discovered a second giant planet in orbit around Beta Pictoris, a star that is relatively young (23 million years old) and close (63.4 light years), and surrounded by a disk of dust.

August 19, 2019 Read more

How many Earth-like planets are around sun-like stars?

A new study provides the most accurate estimate of the frequency that planets that are similar to Earth in size and in distance from their host star occur around stars similar to our Sun.

August 14, 2019 Read more

Fluorescent glow may reveal hidden life in the cosmos

Harsh ultraviolet radiation flares from red suns, once thought to destroy surface life on planets, might help uncover hidden biospheres. Their radiation could trigger a protective glow from life on exoplanets called biofluorescence.

August 14, 2019 Read more

Finding a cosmic fog within shattered intergalactic pancakes

In a new study, researchers report on the most detailed simulation ever of a large patch of the intergalactic medium (IGM). For the first time, they were able to see how cold, dense gas clouds in the IGM organize themselves and react within much larger 'sheets' or 'pancakes' of matter in the vastness of space.

August 13, 2019 Read more

800 billion degrees Celsius: temperatures as they occur in star collisions measured in the laboratory

An international group of researchers has succeeded for the first time in measuring the so-called black-body radiation.

August 9, 2019 Read more

Dark matter may be older than the Big Bang, study suggests

Dark matter, which researchers believe make up about 80% of the universe?s mass, is one of the most elusive mysteries in modern physics. What exactly it is and how it came to be is a mystery, but a new study now suggests that dark matter may have existed before the Big Bang.

August 8, 2019 Read more

Astronomers reveal true colours of evolving galactic beasts

Astronomers have spotted what they suggest is a 'brief transition phase in the development of these galactic giants that could shed light on how quasars and their host galaxies evolve.

August 7, 2019 Read more

Scientists resolve the nature of powerful cosmic objects

At the center of certain galaxies are objects of such tremendous brightness they outshine the rest of their galaxy by four orders of magnitude. Our understanding of these active galactic nuclei has progressed by leaps and bounds over the past several decades, though recently debate has centered on the identity of some of these objects.

August 6, 2019 Read more

Repeating outflows of hot wind found close to black hole

An international team of astrophysicists have detected a very hot, dense outflowing wind close to a black hole at least 25,000 light-years from Earth.

August 6, 2019 Read more