First discovery that electrons move in four dimensions at the speed of light The elusive behavior of electrons has finally been separated from everyday electronic…
Astronomers reveal the largest map ever of active supermassive black holes in the universe
Astronomers have created the largest map of the volume of the universe to date using a new map of active supermassive black holes at the…
Observations of the jet of the supermassive black hole M87: the fact of its rotation has been established
An international team of researchers, including scientists from FIAN and MIPT, analyzed radio interferometric observations for 2022 of the M87 galaxy and found that the…
The fate of planets whose orbits collapse will be decided
WASP-12b was discovered by astronomers in 2008 as part of the SuperWASP survey as it passed in front of the star. At the time, the…
A supermassive black hole tore apart a star relatively close to Earth
A supermassive black hole tore apart a star relatively close to Earth Scientists at the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Hawaii reported that…
Discovery validates white dwarf cooling theory
Discovery validates white dwarf cooling theory A study published in Nature challenges this theory. The University of Victoria (UVic) and its partners are using data…
Pushing the limits of infrasonic gravitational waves
How a team of physicists detects gravitational waves at frequencies low enough to reveal the secrets of the early merger stages of supermassive black holes,…
A new look at Betelgeuse’s boiling surface
A new look at Betelgeuse’s boiling surfaceBetelgeuse is a well-known red supergiant star in the constellation Orion. Recently, it has attracted a lot of attention,…
Baby quasar: a growing supermassive black hole
Giant quasar and little red dots. A n EIGER JWST image of the luminous quasar J1148+5251, anextremely rare active SMBH of 10 billion solar masses (blue…
Scientists have explored Jupiter’s Great Blue Spot, a mysterious region where powerful magnetic fields pull particles in different directions.
The image of Jupiter was taken by the Juno space probe during its flyby on September 7, 2023. Source: NASA Scientists have explored Jupiter’s Great…