Source: Kristof Wesely/Wikimedia Commons New data on the object found 57 years ago in Cygnus X-1 forces us to review the models of mass loss by…
A telescope manages to capture the first image of several planets revolving around a star similar to the Sun
Star TYC 8998-760-1 (with its light blocked) and its two exoplanets (marked with arrows). The other bright spots are stars in the background The Very…
Quantum gravity would be hidden in black holes
Astronomers in the UK have discovered that black holes can become the gateway to quantum gravity, considered the holy grail of New Physics. They have…
Did a black hole eating a star generate a neutrino? Unlikely, new study shows /phys. org/
Researchers traced the neutrino back to a supermassive black hole that had just ripped apart and swallowed a star. Known as a tidal disruption event…
PLUTO’S ATMOSPHERE MAY BE STARTING TO CONDENSE /spaceflightinsider. com /
Pluto’s atmosphere backlit by the Sun, photographed by New Horizons as it departed the Pluto system. Credit: NASA/JHU-APL/SwRI Three years after the New Horizons spacecraft’s historic…
Closest black hole to Earth – HR6819
Wide-field image of QV Telescope (center) in the constellation Telescopium. Credit: ESO / Digital Sky Survey Black holes have a reputation for being ravenous monsters…
Strange radio waves emerge from direction of the galactic centre / sydney. edu. au/
A signal from deep in the Milky Way is tantalising scientists International student Ziteng Wang detected unusual signals from deep in the heart of the…
What is singularity , where natural laws break?
Time zones, hurricanes, black holes and even the Big Bang itself are based on singularities, but what is singularity? These points are part of equations…
Geomagnetic storm warning as solar flare expected to directly hit Earth today /news. sky. com/
A massive solar flare is due to hit Earth today, authorities are warning – potentially disrupting power grids and bringing the Northern Lights as far…
How the largest black holes in the universe arose
In the middle of the path that separates the small constellations of Delphinus the Dolphin and the hind hoof of Pegasus the flying horse, an…