The Lagoon Nebula (M8 or NGC6523) is a beautiful stellar nursery about 5,000 light years away from us and that we can find in the…
NGC 1850 and the young black hole
Large Magellanic CloudThe Large Magellanic Cloud captured by ESO’s VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) telescope || Credits: ESO / VMC Survey (Enlarge).…
How do black holes grow? The answer lies in the expansion of the universe, according to scientists
Are there black holes with masses greater than 50 suns? Yes, and scientists point out that this responds to that they grow along with the…
The incredible spectacle of a star eating a black hole and exploding
Infrared Echoes of a Black Hole Eating a Star\ NASA What happens if a star expands and eats a nearby black hole? Astronomers can approach…
Record number of new gravitational waves offers game-changing window into universe
Illustration of two black holes orbiting each other. Astronomers say 32 of the 35 new gravitational waves detected likely resulted from pairs of black holes…
Gold would form inside black holes
A new study by scientists at the German Heavy Ion Research Center (GSI) and other academic institutions in Belgium and Japan has concluded that black…
Kessler Syndrome and the space debris problem
Artist’s illustration of a debris-spawning event in Earth orbit that can cause the Kessler Syndrome. (Image credit: ESA) The Kessler Syndrome is a phenomenon in which…
Confirmed: the event horizon of a black hole does not shrink
Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking proposed in 1971 that the boundary of black holes, known as the event horizon, never shrinks over time. Now, 50 years…
Mars, the red planet
Mars owes its name to the god of war in Roman mythology (Ares, according to the Greeks), son of the gods Jupiter and Juno (or…
Pluto’s dark side revealed by moonlight in pictures from New Horizons
The dark side of Pluto is faintly illuminated by sunlight reflected by the moon Charon in images captured by the New Horizons spacecraft in 2015…