Monster black hole devouring one sun every day
This is also the most luminous known object in the universe. It's 200 trillion times brighter than our sun.
Feb 19th, 2024
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This is also the most luminous known object in the universe. It's 200 trillion times brighter than our sun.
Feb 19th, 2024
Read moreTheoretical physicists present a solution to the field equations of general relativity that describes the existence of a gravastar inside another gravastar.
Feb 15th, 2024
Read moreResearchers show that the SETI Ellipsoid method can leverage continuous, wide-field sky surveys, significantly enhancing our ability to detect these potential signals.
Feb 12th, 2024
Read moreSimulations provide a potential explanation for the mysterious gap in the size distribution of super-Earths.
Feb 9th, 2024
Read moreAstronomers have made a significant discovery by identifying a previously unknown source of dust in the universe: a Type Ia supernova interacting with gas from its surroundings.
Feb 9th, 2024
Read moreAstrophysicists enhanced the accuracy of measuring matter distribution in galaxy clusters, validating the Lambda-CDM theory on the universe's structure and evolution by combining observational data and high-resolution simulations.
Feb 8th, 2024
Read moreSaturn's smallest major moon Mimas could be hiding an ocean beneath it's cratered body.
Feb 7th, 2024
Read moreAstrophysicists have finally solved a 20-year-old astrophysical puzzle concerning the lower-than-expected amounts of the element sulphur found in planetary nebulae in comparison to expectations and measurements of other elements and other types of astrophysical objects.
Feb 7th, 2024
Read moreA carbon monoxide runaway gap identified in the atmospheres of Earth-like planets can help expand the search for habitable planets. This gap, identified through atmospheric modeling, is an indicator of a CO-rich atmosphere on Earth-like planets orbiting Sun-like stars.
Feb 6th, 2024
Read moreBlack holes not only existed at the dawn of time, they birthed new stars and supercharged galaxy formation, a new analysis of James Webb Space Telescope data suggests.
Feb 6th, 2024
Read moreTheoretical predictions have been confirmed with the discovery of an outflow of molecular gas from a quasar when the Universe was less than a billion years old.
Feb 1st, 2024
Read moreAstronomers recently resolved the jet base of an evolving jet of plasma at ultra-high angular resolution.
Feb 1st, 2024
Read moreIf cold dark matter theories are correct, Webb Space Telescope should find tiny, bright galaxies of early universe.
Jan 31st, 2024
Read morehope to better understand intricate mechanisms behind the evolution of galaxies, which travel through a 'cosmic web' of different environments during their lifespans.
Jan 30th, 2024
Read moreScientists have discovered chemical and molecular fingerprints of the early solar system inside a meteorite that landed in the UK.
Jan 30th, 2024
Read moreThe detections more than double the number of known tidal disruption events in the nearby universe.
Jan 29th, 2024
Read moreAstronomers figured out how to measure the speed of dark matter. If the method proves applicable, it would help to get a better idea of what 85 percent of the matter in the universe looks like, which has so far only signalled its existence through gravity.
Jan 29th, 2024
Read moreResearchers have examined the so-called Winchcombe meteorite and demonstrated the existence in it of nitrogen compounds such as amino acids and heterocyclic hydrocarbons - without applying any chemical treatment and by using a new type of detector design.
Jan 29th, 2024
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