The center of the Milky Way galaxy, imaged by the Spitzer Space Telescope’s infrared cameras .. NASA, JPL-Caltech, Susan Stolovy (SSC/Caltech) et al. It could be…
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…
Light behind a black hole detected for the first time
A supermassive black hole is so dense that incoming light cannot go out again, but the detection of small X-ray flashes has allowed the first…
Dione: a small moon with an inner ocean?
Saturn’s rings and one of its moons, Dione (Cassini). Even the little frozen satellites of the outer solar system harbor interesting secrets. Saturn has more…
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…
Perseverance collects the first sample of Mars
Image credit: NASA Perseverance collects the first sample of MarsThose responsible for the NASA explorer project, which landed on the planet almost seven months ago,…
Rerun of supernova blast expected to appear in 2037 /phys.org/
It’s challenging to make predictions, especially in astronomy. There are however, a few forecasts astronomers can depend on, such as the timing of upcoming lunar…
What is hidden in the heart of our galaxy? The story of our supermassive black hole
Image credit: LIGO/CALTECH/MIT/SONOMA STATE (AURORE SIMONNET) It was not easy to deduce the existence of black holes, and even less to discover that the center…
The influence of the planets could affect the solar magnetic activity
Image credit: SimonK An international scientific team with the participation of researchers from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) proposes an explanation of how…
A gigantic dormant black hole triggers star formation
Image credit: DERF/NC American astronomers have detected an unusual number of stars in the distant galaxy cluster SpARCS1049. The lack of control in their formation…