Almost all the newly detected gravitational waves were created when black holes collided.(Supplied: Mark Myers/OzGrav) Gravitational waves were first discovered in 2015 , with the Nobel Prize-winning detection…
Black hole bonanza: Astronomers discover 32 collisions and one mystery merger
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration dropped its latest batch of gravitational wave detections on Sunday, and it’s a big one. Thirty-five events have been catalogued and,…
Mercury: the last survivor?
The planet closest to the Sun, Mercury, has a series of peculiarities that make it difficult to deduce its exact origin. A new study suggests…
Mystery of Black Hole’s Powerful Near-Light-Speed Jets May Be Solved /newsweek. com/
Using a sophisticated supercomputer, astronomers have modeled the region of space around the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87)—…
NASA to deflect asteroid in test of ‘planetary defense’/phys. org/
… While the Earth faces no such immediate danger, NASA plans to crash a spacecraft traveling at a speed of 15,000 miles per hour (24,000…
The Overview Effect is approaching middle age, and, instead of a midlife crisis, it seems to be just now hitting its stride. / supercluster. com/
…Flying cross-country and looking down at the surface of our own planet, I had an epiphany: those living in one of O’Neill’s space communities would…
The massive star cluster before the Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula (also known as M42) is one of the great wonders of the night sky. Its discovery dates back 400 years, when it…
‘Balding’ black holes prove Einstein right again on general relativity /space. com/
A new physics breakthrough shows how Einstein’s theory of general relativity continues to hold up, even for “balding” black holes. Black holes are regions of…
They give the date of the arrival of man to Saturn
A spectacular wide shot of Saturn taken by the Cassini spacecraft. A study carried out by NASA researchers estimates the year in which humanity will…
They find a way to determine the mass of a supermassive black hole
A team of astronomers has discovered that the mass of a supermassive black hole can be determined by its relationship to the light it emits.Supermassive…