There are Far more Disk Galaxies than Theory Allows
According to most physicists, the Standard Model of Cosmology depicts how the universe came into being. The evolution of galaxies within this model has now…
Astronomy
Mathematical Discovery could Reveal Universe Mysteries
A mathematical breakthrough could aid scientists in unifying Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity and the realm of quantum physics into a single universal idea. According…
Fast Radio Bursts could explain the Puzzle of the Universe’s Expansion
Two teams of astronomers set out in the early 1990s to measure the universe’s expansion history in order to forecast its future. If the universal…
The Largest Spinning Objects in Space may be Cosmic Filaments
Moons, stars, and even entire galaxies do it. Now, two teams of scientists claim that cosmic filaments do it as well. These hundreds of millions…
Kepler-10b – a Terrestrial Planet
Kepler-10b is the first confirmed terrestrial planet identified beyond the Solar System by the Kepler Space Telescope. It orbits one of the 150,000 stars monitored…
Binary Stars continue to Masquerade as Black Holes
A binary black hole (BBH) is a system made up of two black holes orbiting each other in close proximity. Binary black holes, like black…
Physicists describe how the sort of Aurora on Mars is Generated
The aurora borealis is a light-in-the-sky display that occurs predominantly at night in Mars’ southern hemisphere. While their existence has long been known, scientists have…
Supermassive Black Holes discovered in Dying Galaxies in the Early Universe
A worldwide team of astronomers utilized a database that combined images from the world’s top telescopes, including the Subaru Telescope, to detect the signal from…
Gliese 876 d – an Exoplanet
Gliese 876 d is an exoplanet located around 15 light-years away in the Aquarius constellation. It is an exoplanet similar to Neptune that orbits a…
Earth Receives the First Supernova Indications from an Extraterrestrial Stone
The extraterrestrial Hypatia stone discovered in Egypt may be the first concrete evidence of a supernova type Ia explosion on Earth. These extremely infrequent supernovae…
Hyperfast White Dwarf Stars can help us comprehend Supernovae
White dwarfs are what remain when stars like our sun have used up all of their fuel. They are dense, faint stellar corpses, the final…
Binary Star Planets as probable Alien Habitats
Nearly half of all stars the size of the Sun are binary. According to new study from the University of Copenhagen, planetary systems orbiting binary…
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