Since ancient times, humans have been curious to explain the most unpredictable and disturbing phenomena in the universe. Although the study of astronomy has been…
Telescope that obtained the first image of a black hole, captures the heart of a nearby galaxy
A composite image of Centaurus A, revealing plasma jets emanating from the galaxy’s central black hole. ESO/WFI; MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al.; NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al. The most detailed…
ASTRONOMERS DISCOVER A BLACK INTERMEDIATE MASS HOLE WHILE DESTROYING A STAR
This artist’s illustration shows what astronomers call a “tidal disruption event,” or TDE, when an object such as a star gets too close to a…
Possible first-time detection of high-frequency gravitational waves
Australian scientists could have detected high-frequency gravitational waves: it would be the first time that this has been achieved and it would allow an important…
This is how will be our collision with Andromeda
A spectacular new image from the Hubble Space Telescope of the collision of three distant galaxies shows us how the Milky Way, our own galaxy,…
How are DNA robots that can change medicine?
Nanotechnology promises to bring a revolution to the medical sector in both efficiency and cost Although it sounds like science fiction, the truth is that…
Huge deposits of life-precursor molecules discovered on formation planets
Artist’s concept of a protoplanetary disk around a star (left) and the “soup” of organic molecules in the disk (right). Image via M.Weiss/ CfA. A series…
First detected merger of black hole and neutron star
Astronomers have for the first time detected a black hole eating a ‘Pac Man’ neutron star, a milestone that documents the collision of the two…
Light behind a black hole detected for the first time
A supermassive black hole is so dense that incoming light cannot go out again, but the detection of small X-ray flashes has allowed the first…
Rerun of supernova blast expected to appear in 2037 /phys.org/
It’s challenging to make predictions, especially in astronomy. There are however, a few forecasts astronomers can depend on, such as the timing of upcoming lunar…