A Black Hole Where It Shouldn’t Be? Astronomers Find Rogue Giant Just 230 Million Light-Years Away
A team of astronomers has discovered a rare “wandering” black hole inside a dwarf galaxy located about 230…
Space scientists baffled by supermassive black hole’s cosmic flip-flop | Features
While black hole M87*’s magnetic fields appeared to spiral in one direction in 2017, they settled in 2018…
Unprecedented ‘Einstein Cross’ Reveals Fifth Ghost Image and a Dark Matter Surprise
When gravity—an invisible yet ubiquitous force—bends and distorts light from distant galaxies, Earthbound observers get a rare glimpse…
Mysterious “Universe Breaker” Red Dots Could Be Black Holes in Disguise
Artist’s impression of a black hole star (not to scale). Mysterious tiny pinpoints of light discovered at the…
Scientists Just Found a Way to Simulate the Universe on a Laptop
Two ‘fans’ corresponding to the two main areas DESI has observed, above and below the plane of our…
Our Galaxy’s Sweet Spot for Life Is Bigger Than We Thought
New simulations suggest the Galactic Habitable Zone isn’t fixed: when stars migrate across the Milky Way, the odds…
Solar Flares Are 6.5 Times Hotter Than We Thought
A solar limb flare with a comparatable scale of Earth. Credit: Created by Alexander Russell (University of Andrews)…
Universe’s First Magnetic Fields Were As Weak as Human Brain Waves
Magnetic fields in the infant Universe may have been incredibly faint, billions of times weaker than a fridge…
“Like Nothing Anyone Has Ever Seen Before” – Bizarre Supernova Stuns Scientists
For the first time, astronomers have seen the inner layers of a star revealed in its final moments.…
Hubble Surveys Cloudy Cluster – NASA Science
This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a cloudy starscape from an impressive star cluster. This scene…
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…
Mysterious “Soot Planets” May Be Hiding in Plain Sight Among the Stars
Artist’s depiction of a “soot planet” and its formation process. Credit: Ari Gea/SayoStudio Some planets may be soot-rich…