Capturing and destroying dark matter could heat up isolated, old neutron stars. A team of particle physicists from the University of Melbourne, Australian National University,…
An object from an inexplicable mass gap between neutron stars and light black holes has been discovered – it was detected by LIGO detectors
Portsmouth researchers enable discovery of remarkable gravitational wave signal Researchers at the Institute of Cosmology and Gravity (ICG) at the University of Portsmouth have helped…
New study tracks the fate of stars living near the Milky Way’s central black hole
New study tracks the fate of stars living near the Milky Way’s central black hole Despite their age, some stars orbiting the supermassive black hole…
Artist’s impression of the glory of exoplanet WASP-76b
Artist’s impression of the glory of exoplanet WASP-76b Signs of a possible rainbow-like “glory effect” have been discovered for the first time on a planet…
The faintest known star system orbiting the Milky Way has been discovered from Hawaii
Hidden in this deep sky image (left) is Uma3/U1, a miniscule group of stars (right) bound together by their own gravity (and possibly even dark…
GHZ2 is as old as the Big Bang and could be the progenitor of the most massive galaxy in the universe
GHZ2 is as old as the Big Bang and could be the progenitor of the most massive galaxy in the universe Scientists say the rapidly…
A new star system orbiting our Milky Way has been discovered
A new star system orbiting our Milky Way has been discovered A team of astronomers from Yale University and the University of Victoria has made…
Astronomers conduct first search for emerging planet with new space telescope
Astronomers conduct first search for emerging planet with new space telescope Planets form in the form of disks of dust and gas, called protoplanetary disks,…
Astronomers have discovered a strong magnetic field swirling around the edge of the Milky Way’s central black hole
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has released the first image of our supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, in polarized light Astronomers have discovered a strong…
Astrophysicists made a giant quantum vortex for studying black holes
Astrophysicists made a giant quantum vortex for studying black holes The superfluid helium (He II), utilized in the new experiment, is generally accustomed to fast-cooling…