The LIGO Scientific Collaboration dropped its latest batch of gravitational wave detections on Sunday, and it’s a big one. Thirty-five events have been catalogued and,…
Record haul of 35 gravitational waves provides insight into how universe formed: astronomers
Almost all the newly detected gravitational waves were created when black holes collided.(Supplied: Mark Myers/OzGrav) Gravitational waves were first discovered in 2015 , with the Nobel Prize-winning detection…
Black hole bonanza: Astronomers discover 32 collisions and one mystery merger
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration dropped its latest batch of gravitational wave detections on Sunday, and it’s a big one. Thirty-five events have been catalogued and,…
Mercury: the last survivor?
The planet closest to the Sun, Mercury, has a series of peculiarities that make it difficult to deduce its exact origin. A new study suggests…
Alexander Weygers, the man who designed Flying Saucers in 1920’s and later, in 1944 patented his UFO “The DISCOPTER”.
Alexander Weygers (1901 – 1989) developed a series of techno-artistic proposals that made him admired in his time. Among his projects are from a vehicle…
Mystery of Black Hole’s Powerful Near-Light-Speed Jets May Be Solved /newsweek. com/
Using a sophisticated supercomputer, astronomers have modeled the region of space around the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87)—…
NASA to deflect asteroid in test of ‘planetary defense’/phys. org/
… While the Earth faces no such immediate danger, NASA plans to crash a spacecraft traveling at a speed of 15,000 miles per hour (24,000…
The Overview Effect is approaching middle age, and, instead of a midlife crisis, it seems to be just now hitting its stride. / supercluster. com/
…Flying cross-country and looking down at the surface of our own planet, I had an epiphany: those living in one of O’Neill’s space communities would…
The massive star cluster before the Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula (also known as M42) is one of the great wonders of the night sky. Its discovery dates back 400 years, when it…
Discover Mount Fuji, a symbol of Japan
One of the first images that appear in the mind to represent the country of the rising sun is, without a doubt, Mount Fuji. Its…