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…
This occurs when a “hungry” black hole eats a nearby star.
The tidal disruption event called J2150 could reveal the origin of black holes. And it could also give new clues to understanding dark matter. Astronomers…
Telescope that obtained the first image of a black hole, captures the heart of a nearby galaxy
A composite image of Centaurus A, revealing plasma jets emanating from the galaxy’s central black hole. ESO/WFI; MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al.; NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al. The most detailed…
ASTRONOMERS DISCOVER A BLACK INTERMEDIATE MASS HOLE WHILE DESTROYING A STAR
This artist’s illustration shows what astronomers call a “tidal disruption event,” or TDE, when an object such as a star gets too close to a…
Possible first-time detection of high-frequency gravitational waves
Australian scientists could have detected high-frequency gravitational waves: it would be the first time that this has been achieved and it would allow an important…
Stunning Hubble Images Showing Two Nebulae That Have ‘Going Berserk’
Image credit: Hubble Possibly both had inside them two stars orbiting each other, which with their disappearance created that kind of “pinwheels” of gas and…
Huge deposits of life-precursor molecules discovered on formation planets
Artist’s concept of a protoplanetary disk around a star (left) and the “soup” of organic molecules in the disk (right). Image via M.Weiss/ CfA. A series…
First detected merger of black hole and neutron star
Astronomers have for the first time detected a black hole eating a ‘Pac Man’ neutron star, a milestone that documents the collision of the two…
Deciphering a Mystery of Massive Black Holes and Quasars with Supercomputer Simulations
Image credit: An artist’s impression of a supermassive black hole Deciphering a Mystery of Massive Black Holes and Quasars with Supercomputer SimulationsAt the center of…
A Supermassive Black Hole Emitted a Flare Away From Us, but Its Intense Gravity Redirected the Blast Back in Our Direction
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Jeremy Schnittman In 1916, Albert Einstein put the finishing touches on his Theory of General Relativity, a journey that began…