Physicists Have a Major Problem With the Universe
Almost a century ago, famed astronomer Edwin Hubble determined that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.…
Over 150 mergers reveal three different black hole origin stories
For years, astronomers treated merging black holes as if they all came from the same cosmic assembly line.…
See and hear galaxies evolve from the dawn of the universe
The most realistic picture yet of how galaxies formed and then evolved from the beginning of time has…
Dancing Jets from Black Hole Unleash Unimaginable Power Equivalent to 10,000 Suns in a Single Burst
Scientists have finally measured the astonishing power of jets launched by black holes. These jets, capable of ejecting…
What Happens When Light Goes Boom? Part 3: Brad Bradington Sprints
(This is Part 3 of a series on Cherenkov radiation — the “light boom.” Read Part 1 and…
How a Black Hole and a Shredded Star Could Light Up a Galaxy
In 2014, a strange cloudy object called G2 made a close approach to Sagittarius A*, (Sag A*) the…
Common rust’s rare magnetism could power ultra-fast quantum devices
Scientists in the US have uncovered that hematite features a rare and emerging form of magnetism, which reportedly…
See and hear galaxies evolving in new simulations
See and hear galaxies evolving in these new simulations. Video via Royal Astronomical Society. New simulations let scientists…
Generation of continuous-wave 1–11 THz radiation with intersubband polaritonic metasurfaces
Booske, J. H. et al. Vacuum electronic high power terahertz sources. IEEE Trans. Terahertz Sci. Technol. 1, 54–75…
2 supermassive black holes may collide 100 years from now — and Earth would feel it
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