Physicists say aliens may be using black holes as quantum computers If life is common in our Universe, and we have every reason to suspect…
EHT observes the heart of one of the brightest lights in the universe
The global collaboration that delivered not one, but two images of supermassive black holes has now peeked into one of the brightest lights in the…
The Andromeda Galaxy Crash Triggered a Massive Galactic Migration
Astronomers have discovered new evidence that Andromeda, the galaxy next to our own, grew by merging with another galaxy. The event triggered a massive migration…
Scientists discover a new system of rings in the solar system
A new ring system has been discovered around a dwarf planet, called Quaoar, which is about half the size of Pluto and orbits the sun…
If wormholes exist, then they could magnify light 100,000 times
The geometry of the lens through the wormhole source represented by the blue ball W, in which the corresponding potential is (14). O denotes the…
A distant galaxy reflects the early Milky Way
An analysis of some of the first data from the Webb Space Telescope has revealed a galaxy that mirrors the most primitive version of our…
Scientists search for the mysterious ‘invisible galaxy’ of the early universe
How would you describe a galaxy that doesn’t want to be seen? You take out a cosmic magnifying glass. A research team led by astrophysics…
Astronomers discover a stellar system in which a kilonova will be unleashed
Astronomers have discovered the first example of an extremely unusual type of binary star system that meets all the right conditions for a kilonova to…
Astronomers identify the mysterious ‘engine’ of a super-powerful intergalactic light
Bright infrared light emanating from two merging galaxies has just been brought out of hiding. Using the JWST, astronomers have pinpointed the exact location of…
Astronomers may soon discover extreme objects that continually produce gravitational waves.
The Cosmic Zoo contains objects so strange and extreme that they generate gravitational waves. Scorpius X-1 is part of that strange group. It’s actually a…