Credit: Astronomie / EHT Colloboration We are talking about the very black hole that became famous as the first hole photographed. A year after receiving…
Accretion bursts discovered in young variable stars
arXiv: Accretion burst discovered in young variable star Sgr V1741 Astronomers have discovered an accretion burst that occurred around the young variable star Sgr V1741.…
A new window into the universe’s past opens: James Webb discovers dozens of ancient quasars
James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal secrets of how black holes formed in the early universe James’ Webb Space Telescope is helping to understand the…
The Milky Way’s center may contain less dark matter than previously thought
Star velocities at the edge of the Milky Way reveal questions about dark matter density at the galaxy’s center Stars at the edge of the…
NASA’s Perseverance rover finds ancient lake with signs of life on Mars
Remnants of ancient lake sediments discovered at the floor of Mars’ Jezero Crater offer a new perspective in the search for signs of life in…
A brilliant idea has been proposed that could solve the mystery of black holes
We may misunderstand black holes. Physicists have long believed that black holes are just such things. A huge gravitational object, an enormous amount of matter,…
Alien? Hubble discovers water vapor on hot exoplanet
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute in Germany used the Hubble Space Telescope to discover that the atmosphere of GJ 9827d, a relatively small planet…
Scientists have discovered an ‘old smoker’ and an ‘exploded baby’ in space – these are unexplained phenomena in the evolution of stars
Using Vista Variables data from the Via Lactea (VVV) survey of our galaxy, an international team of astronomers has discovered two strange stellar behaviors unknown…
Gateway to other worlds: astrophysicists have demonstrated the possibility of traversable wormholes
Astrophysicists at the Russian People’s Friendship University (RUDN) have presented theoretical evidence for the possible existence of traversable wormholes in the universe, described by the…
High-energy radiation from pulsed radio pulsars raises new questions for astrophysicists
An X-ray image of a pulser taken by the Chandra Space Telescope. The neutron star is located in the area of a round bright spot…