We may misunderstand black holes. Physicists have long believed that black holes are just such things. A huge gravitational object, an enormous amount of matter,…
Alien? Hubble discovers water vapor on hot exoplanet
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute in Germany used the Hubble Space Telescope to discover that the atmosphere of GJ 9827d, a relatively small planet…
Scientists have discovered an ‘old smoker’ and an ‘exploded baby’ in space – these are unexplained phenomena in the evolution of stars
Using Vista Variables data from the Via Lactea (VVV) survey of our galaxy, an international team of astronomers has discovered two strange stellar behaviors unknown…
Gateway to other worlds: astrophysicists have demonstrated the possibility of traversable wormholes
Astrophysicists at the Russian People’s Friendship University (RUDN) have presented theoretical evidence for the possible existence of traversable wormholes in the universe, described by the…
High-energy radiation from pulsed radio pulsars raises new questions for astrophysicists
An X-ray image of a pulser taken by the Chandra Space Telescope. The neutron star is located in the area of a round bright spot…
A tiny prehistoric black hole could change Earth’s orbit
New research suggests that some of the oldest black holes in the universe pass by our cosmic neighborhood at least once every decade, dragging planets…
Mars plane MAGGIE received first funding from NASA
Artistic depiction of the Martian aircraft MAGGIE (Mars Aerial and Ground Global Intelligent Explorer). Source: Ge-Cheng Zha The MAGGIE aircraft will fly through the Martian…
James Webb captures region H II in the Large Magellanic Cloud
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken images of the H-II region of the N79 nebula, a cloud of hot plasma in the Large Magellanic…
Giant galactic structure discovered offering insight into the universe
Scientists from the University of Central Lancashire, UK, have spoken of a giant cosmic structure. Its size is so large that its very existence fundamentally…
Chinese scientists have succeeded in slowing the speed of light on a microchip to a record low and why is it necessary?
Slowing down light on microchips is a step toward a high-technology future. Chinese scientists at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, part of the Chinese…