An international team of scientists led by a University of Sydney astrophysicist has discovered evidence that the Andromeda galaxy is a cannibal that grows through…
An international group of astronomers discover a nest of galaxies hidden behind the Milky Way
Located 3,000 million light years away, it contains at least 58 galaxies: they would be linked together by a gravitational anomaly known as the Great…
Saturn’s moon Enceladus is more habitable than previously thought
New research has presented evidence for a key component of life in the subterranean ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Models indicate that Enceladus’ ocean is…
Mirach is the guide star to 3 galaxies
Here is the Great Square of Pegasus, connected to the Andromeda constellation through the star Alpheratz. People often find the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), the large…
An image of Hubble Supernova was taken at three different times
Zoom / On the left, the complete Hubble image. On the right, different images of the object with a gravitational lens.NASA, ESA, STScI, Wenley Chen,…
The 12 strangest objects in the universe
There is no mistaking the fact that the universe is weird. Just look outside and you’ll see all sorts of strange, self-reproducing flora and fauna,…
They confirm the discovery of the “closest” black hole to Earth: it is 1,600 light years away
The black hole, named Gaia BH1, is 10 times more massive than our sun and lies just under 1,600 light-years from Earth. Its companion star…
First. X-rays reveal details about the matter around a black hole
An artist’s impression of the Cygnus X-1 system, with the black hole appearing in the center and its companion star to the left. Credit: JOHN…
Is HR 6819 a triple system containing a black hole?
(Image: ESO / L. Calcada) A case of stellar vampirism has been discovered in the HR 6819 system so marked that in its day it…
Black holes in quantum state break the limits of the strange
They would help to achieve a unifying theory between general relativity and quantum mechanics, capable of explaining the nature of the Universe at all its…