Science fiction is the realm where people traditionally wrestle with the idea of contact with an ETI (extraterrestrial intelligence). But now, those discussions are migrating…
A peculiar and gigantic radio galaxy is being investigated by astronomers
LOFAR radio image of GRG-J2233+1315 at 144 MHz. Credit: Dabhade et al, An international team of astronomers has made radio and optical observations of a…
ASTRONOMERS RECORD THE BRIGHTEST FLASH OF LIGHT EVER SEEN AND PRODUCED BY A BLACK HOLE
This picture provided by Noirlab on October 14, 2022 shows record-breaking Gamma-Ray bursting caught with Gemini South in Chile Handout International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/AFP Astronomers have observed…
Researchers identified peculiar twisting motion in the orbits of two black holes.
Cardiff University researchers have identified a peculiar twisting motion in the orbits of two colliding black holes, an exotic phenomenon predicted by Einstein’s theory of…
Black hole discovered firing jets at neighboring galaxy
With the help of citizen scientists, a team of astronomers has discovered a unique black hole spewing a fiery jet into another galaxy. The black…
OGLE-BLG504.12.201843: A possible extreme dwarf nova
An international team of astronomers has analyzed photometric and spectroscopic observations of a candidate cataclysmic variable known as OGLE-BLG504.12.201843. The results of this analysis suggest…
The planet Neptune reveals one of its great mysteries
Credit: NASA Through a photograph taken with the James Webb telescope, the ring system of the mysterious planet Neptune was clearly seen for the first…
WHAT IS A BLACK HOLE? CURIOSITIES, HOW IT IS FORMED AND WHAT IS INSIDE
Surely when you think of a black hole, emptiness comes to mind, but in reality, black holes are the densest objects in the Universe. In…
Astronomers detect hot gas bubble swirling around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
Astronomers said on Thursday they detected a bubble of hot gas spinning clockwise around the black hole at the center of our galaxy at “mind-boggling”…
Webb scans a nearby brown dwarf and finds it has clouds made of sand
Ever since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began its routine science observations, every day there seems to be something new in the world of…