Astronomers have discovered the most distant supernova yet, at a distance of 10.5 billion light-years from Earth. The supernova, called DES16C2nm, is a catastrophic explosion…
A peculiar and gigantic radio galaxy is being investigated by astronomers
LOFAR radio image of GRG-J2233+1315 at 144 MHz. Credit: Dabhade et al, An international team of astronomers has made radio and optical observations of a…
ASTRONOMERS RECORD THE BRIGHTEST FLASH OF LIGHT EVER SEEN AND PRODUCED BY A BLACK HOLE
This picture provided by Noirlab on October 14, 2022 shows record-breaking Gamma-Ray bursting caught with Gemini South in Chile Handout International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/AFP Astronomers have observed…
Researchers identified peculiar twisting motion in the orbits of two black holes.
Cardiff University researchers have identified a peculiar twisting motion in the orbits of two colliding black holes, an exotic phenomenon predicted by Einstein’s theory of…
OGLE-BLG504.12.201843: A possible extreme dwarf nova
An international team of astronomers has analyzed photometric and spectroscopic observations of a candidate cataclysmic variable known as OGLE-BLG504.12.201843. The results of this analysis suggest…
The planet Neptune reveals one of its great mysteries
Credit: NASA Through a photograph taken with the James Webb telescope, the ring system of the mysterious planet Neptune was clearly seen for the first…
New Image: James Webb Telescope Captures ‘Clearest View’ of Neptune’s Rings in Decades
Credit: NASA Neptune, discovered in 1846, is thirty times farther from the Sun than Earth and orbits in one of the darkest parts of the…
The black hole information paradox solved: black holes do have hair, but quantum
A team of researchers from the University of Sussex, in the United Kingdom, and Michigan State University, in the United States, seem to have solved…
Astronomers accidentally discover Black Hole so big you can spot it with a backyard telescope
The Fastest-Growing Black Hole Ever Seen In The Universe A supermassive black hole that grows so fast that it shines 7,000 times brighter than the…
Looking inside a neutron star
A merger of neutron stars. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Laboratory The oscillations in binary neutron stars before they merge could have big implications…