The birth of a black hole created the brightest space explosion ever seen On October 9, 2022, telescopes around the world captured the brightest cosmic…
The largest cosmic explosion ever recorded headed straight for Earth
Last year telescopes around the world recorded the brightest cosmic explosion of all time, and now astrophysicists can explain why it was so dazzling, they…
Astronomers investigated spectral changes of blazar DO 287 and found something spooky
Blazars are very compact quasars associated with supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at the centers of active giant elliptical galaxies. Using NASA’s Neil Gherels Swift Observatory,…
NGC 4839: Galaxies plunge deep, leaving fiery tail behind
X-ray: NASA/CXC/Princeton Univ/C. Bambic et al.; Optical: SDSS; Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA/ESO; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N.Wolk NGC 4839 is approximately 1.5 million light-years across and holds the record…
Evidence for very massive stars in the early universe
Astronomers report in the journal Nature that they have discovered a star on the outskirts of the Milky Way with a chemical composition unlike anything…
Monstrous superstars would have dominated the cosmic dawn
Monster superstars would have dominated the cosmic dawn CREDITS: HST-STSCL-NASA-ESA. Scientists have found compelling evidence for the existence of supermassive stars inside globular clusters, when…
LIGO: THE AWAKENING OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES AND THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE
After three years of improvements, the Laser Interferometry Gravitational Wave Observatory, commonly known as LIGO, is back in action. This giant of science, capable of…
The early universe crackled with bursts of star formation
Observations with the Webb Space Telescope have identified galaxies in the most distant and early universe that glow with a multitude of hot, young stars.…
First detection of secondary supermassive black hole in a known binary system
The active galaxy OJ 287 is located in the direction of the constellation Cancer at a distance of approximately 5 billion light-years and has been…
The star Betelgeuse has increased its brightness by 50% again by questioning scientists about when it will actually explode as a supernova.
Whenever something happens to Betelgeuse, speculation about its supernova explosion immediately begins. It would certainly be an incredible sight to behold, and we are far…