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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.
Sep 11th, 2019
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Researchers use Hubble to capture deepest optical image of first neutron star merger.
Sep 9th, 2019
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Researchers hunt for a 12-billion-year-old signal that marks the end of the post Big Bang 'dark age'.
Sep 9th, 2019
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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.
Sep 4th, 2019
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The evolution of an exploding star begins more haphazardly than previously thought.
Aug 30th, 2019
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New study suggests that the nightsides of hot Jupiters share clouds made of minerals.
Aug 28th, 2019
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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.
Aug 28th, 2019
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HADES experiment simulates colliding and merging neutron stars.
Aug 22nd, 2019
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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.
Aug 20th, 2019
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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.
Aug 19th, 2019
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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.
Aug 14th, 2019
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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.
Aug 14th, 2019
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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.
Aug 13th, 2019
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An international group of researchers has succeeded for the first time in measuring the so-called black-body radiation.
Aug 9th, 2019
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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.
Aug 8th, 2019
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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.
Aug 7th, 2019
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