Image credit: NASA, Juno Spacecraft A team of astronomers was able to measure for the first time powerful winds in Jupiter’s stratosphere, the layer between…
SpaceX sends 4 tourists on a 3-day space flight
SEP. 15, 2021 SpaceX’s first private space flight took off Wednesday night with two contest winners, a healthcare worker and her wealthy sponsor, in the…
Scientific study discovers ammonia never detected on Neptune and Uranus
Scientists found it difficult to understand the formation process of these two planets, due to the lack of this component. Historically, scientists who study the…
Liquid organic molecules on Earth are solid, icy minerals on Saturn’s moon Titan
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, has revealed some of its mysteries: Two organic molecules that occur in liquid form on our planet are solid minerals on…
A PARASITE BLACK HOLE EATS A GIANT STAR FROM THE INSIDE OUT
It could be evidence of a rare type of supernova.Star swallowScientists may have discovered a rare and (frankly) disturbing cosmic event: a black hole that…
The first image of a black hole is now a movie
A series of images constructed from observational data and mathematical modelling show the evolution of the black hole at the centre of the M87 galaxy…
Researchers discover 3 supermassive black holes merging into one universe
Researchers have discovered three supermassive black holes from so many galaxies that merge to form a triple active galactic nucleus, a compact region at the…
BLACK HOLE SIZE COMPARISON CHART GIVES NEW VIEW OF UNIVERSE
Anybody who spends time thinking about the cosmos knows what it’s like to have a brain full of black holes (in a good way). But…
Black holes surrounded by massive energy harvesting structures could fuel alien civilizations
An artist’s depiction of a distant quasar. (Credit: WM Keck Observatory) Black holes are among the most energetic objects in the Universe. But its immense…
They discover the most distant quasar more than 13,000 million light years
Artist’s concept of Milky Way as it might have appeared 6 million years ago during a ‘quasar’ phase of activity. Image via Mark A. Garlick/CfA. The…