Chinese scientists at Peking University’s Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics have proposed a way that humans could one day use black holes as an energy…
Researchers observe fission of cosmic nuclei for the first time
Nuclear fusion occurs virtually everywhere in the universe. In the sun, hydrogen atoms fuse to form helium, releasing energy and making life on Earth possible.…
Unusual energy loss process in black holes helps astrophysicists solve cosmic mysteries
A black hole’s rotation can be caused by a magnetic field, which can emit hundreds of millions of times more energy than the sun and…
Ancient stars in the universe synthesized elements heavier than uranium and plutonium
Scientists have analyzed the heavy element content of modern stars and discovered new patterns that can so far only be explained by the decay of…
Astronomers have discovered an unusual star orbiting a black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
Stars S0-6 are 10 billion years old and bear no resemblance to stars in our galaxy. The Milky Way galaxy has between 100 billion and…
The reason for the strange arrangement of stars near the center of our galaxy has been discovered
Ghost stars are arranged in strange patterns in our galaxy. Thanks to new research, scientists were able to understand why this happened. Ten years ago,…
Astronomers report finding hundreds of dead stars pulsating with gamma rays
A group of scientists has announced the release of a third catalog compiled based on data from the Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Fermi. Over 15 years…
Scientists have discovered the reason for the unusual behavior of neutron stars: emission from the liquid core
Austrian astrophysicists at the University of Innsbruck have conducted a study that reveals why a neutron star’s rotation suddenly accelerates, contrary to known laws of…
Oldest black hole, same age as the universe, discovered 13.2 billion light years away
Astrophysicists have discovered the most distant and oldest supermassive black hole. It is located in the UHZ-1 galaxy, 13.2 billion light years from our planet.…
Astrophysicists have proposed a hypothesis: the Milky Way is at the edge of a vast expanse of space
A group of scientists has hypothesized that the Milky Way is a contiguous part of a “supercavity,” a vast region of the local universe that…