Image credit: NASA Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543, Caldwell 6) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Draco. Structurally, it is one of the most…
The Lagoon Nebula and the Trifid: a smile in the sky.
The Lagoon Nebula (M8 or NGC6523) is a beautiful stellar nursery about 5,000 light years away from us and that we can find in the…
How does the immune system work in the human body?
In every second of a human’s life there are bacteria, viruses and fungi that try to enter the body to make it their permanent home.…
NGC 1850 and the young black hole
Large Magellanic CloudThe Large Magellanic Cloud captured by ESO’s VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) telescope || Credits: ESO / VMC Survey (Enlarge).…
How do black holes grow? The answer lies in the expansion of the universe, according to scientists
Are there black holes with masses greater than 50 suns? Yes, and scientists point out that this responds to that they grow along with the…
The incredible spectacle of a star eating a black hole and exploding
Infrared Echoes of a Black Hole Eating a Star\ NASA What happens if a star expands and eats a nearby black hole? Astronomers can approach…
Record number of new gravitational waves offers game-changing window into universe
Illustration of two black holes orbiting each other. Astronomers say 32 of the 35 new gravitational waves detected likely resulted from pairs of black holes…
A new study proposes that the expansion of the universe directly impacts the growth of black holes
Since the first observation of black hole mergers by the LIGO Laser Interferometer’s Gravitational Wave Observatory in 2015, astronomers have been repeatedly surprised by their…
Gold would form inside black holes
A new study by scientists at the German Heavy Ion Research Center (GSI) and other academic institutions in Belgium and Japan has concluded that black…
Kessler Syndrome and the space debris problem
Artist’s illustration of a debris-spawning event in Earth orbit that can cause the Kessler Syndrome. (Image credit: ESA) The Kessler Syndrome is a phenomenon in which…