A Study on Universe Expansion validates the Cosmic Theory’s Challenge
New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that a new feature in the universe — not a flaw in telescope measurements — may…
Astronomy
26,000 Dead Star Surveys validate important aspects of extreme Stellar Activity
A study of more than 26,000 white dwarf stars has confirmed a long-predicted but elusive effect in these ultra-dense, dying stars: Hotter white dwarfs are…
Electron Dance Calculated from the Brightness of Erupting Neutron Stars
The temperature of elementary particles has been observed in the radioactive glow following the collision of two neutron stars and the birth of a black…
Light Echoes are used by Astrophysicists to Illuminate Black Holes
A team of astrophysicists, led by scholars from the Institute for Advanced Study, has developed an innovative technique to search for black hole light echoes.…
Monster Black Holes that Churn Gases
Scientists using observations from NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from a pair of monster black holes disrupting…
Early Universe’s Fastest-feeding Black Hole is found by Astronomers
Using data from NASA’s JWST and Chandra X-ray Observatory, a team of U.S. National Science Foundation NOIRLab astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole at…
The Supermassive Black Hole in Our Galaxy is close to a Binary Star
An international team of researchers has detected a binary star orbiting close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.…
Evidence for Black Hole-generated Dark Energy Grows
Almost 14 billion years ago, at the very beginning of the Big Bang, a mysterious energy drove an exponential expansion of the infant universe and…
A Unique Perspective on the Jet of a Black Hole
Research led by the University of Michigan has pored over more than two decades’ worth of data from NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory to show there’s…
Astronomers Discover Ancient Quasars with Mysterious Origins
A quasar is the extremely bright core of a galaxy that hosts an active supermassive black hole at its center. As the black hole draws…
Mars’ Wobble could indicate the Presence of Dark Matter
In a new study, MIT physicists propose that if most of the dark matter in the universe is made up of microscopic primordial black holes…
Early Universe has more Black Holes than Expected
With the help of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of researchers led by scientists in the Department of Astronomy at Stockholm University has…
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