After three years of improvements, the Laser Interferometry Gravitational Wave Observatory, commonly known as LIGO, is back in action. This giant of science, capable of…
The early universe crackled with bursts of star formation
Observations with the Webb Space Telescope have identified galaxies in the most distant and early universe that glow with a multitude of hot, young stars.…
First detection of secondary supermassive black hole in a known binary system
The active galaxy OJ 287 is located in the direction of the constellation Cancer at a distance of approximately 5 billion light-years and has been…
The star Betelgeuse has increased its brightness by 50% again by questioning scientists about when it will actually explode as a supernova.
Whenever something happens to Betelgeuse, speculation about its supernova explosion immediately begins. It would certainly be an incredible sight to behold, and we are far…
Astronomers find traces of water in the atmosphere of an ultra-hot gas giant planet
Known as WASP-18 b, this planet is located approximately 400 light-years away from Earth. (Photo: Nasa) The international group of scientists found traces of vapor…
The Webb Space Telescope detects the most complex organic molecules
Using the Webb telescope, astronomers discovered evidence of complex organic molecules in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years away. The galaxy aligns almost perfectly…
Black Hole Evaporation: Theoretical Study Proves Stephen Hawking Partially Right
New theoretical research by Radboud University’s Michael Wondrak, Walter van Suijlekom and Heino Falcke has shown that Stephen Hawking was right about black holes, though…
Wild study shows that everything in the universe will eventually evaporate
According to a famous theory by Stephen Hawking, black holes evaporate over time, gradually losing mass in the form of a strange type of radiation…
Astronomers discovered hundreds of mysterious structures in the heart of the Milky Way!
THE Filaments in the Milky Way. Credit: Farhad Yusef-Zadeh/Northwestern University Scientists find that hundreds of horizontal filaments point towards the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole…
Astronomers discover hundreds of horizontal filaments pointing towards the black hole at the center of the Milky Way
An international team of astrophysicists has discovered something entirely new, hidden in the center of the Milky Way. In the early 1980s, Farhad Yusef-Zadeh of…