Galactic archeology reveals Andromeda’s dramatic history. Galaxy formation was more intense than that of the Milky Way, with several episodes of intense star formation due…
An extremely massive white dwarf may have escaped from the Hyades star cluster
The absence of white dwarfs in the Hyades cluster concerns astronomers, and this case helps reconstruct the cluster’s history. The Hyades star cluster is located…
The main reaction of the stars turned out to be slow
Scientists from the Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), together with researchers from Italy, Hungary and Scotland, have discovered that one of the main thermonuclear reactions that…
Astrophysicists have proposed a new theory to explain this unique phenomenon
Astrophysicists have just proposed a new theory to explain the unique lensing phenomenon of the galaxy cluster Abell 3827, located about 1.3 billion light years…
Astronomers have come to understand how neutron star emissions form
Scientists at the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences together with colleagues from Purdue University (USA) performed numerical calculations on the development…
In search of parallel universes: experiencing the cosmic microwave background radiation
The universe we live in may not be the only universe. There are many different theories that suggest the existence of many universes forming the…
Astronomers detect the aftermath of a collision between two ice giant exoplanets
According to a team of astronomers led by the Observatory from Leiden, the collision between two exoplanets with a mass of a few dozen Earths…
Results of test shootings of the Euclid telescope
A month after launching the Euclid telescope, ESA has released a series of raw test images from the VISible Instrument (VIS), a near-infrared spectrometer and…
Astronomers propose a way to observe the black hole’s photon ring
An EHT image of M87* compared to a simulated image of its photon ring. Source: EHT Collaboration (left), AE Broderick (right) Understanding the physics of…
Researchers study accretion radiation from supermassive black holes in quasars
By studying the optical and ultraviolet radiation produced by the accumulation of supermassive black holes at the centers of quasars, Associate Professor Cai Zhenyi and…