A study has compared the frequency with which quantum tunneling occurs in reality with theoretical predictions to refine our understanding Quantum tunneling is a peculiarity…
Astronomers find planets very similar to Jupiter and Neptune orbiting a star similar to the Sun
An international team of astronomers has discovered two gas giants orbiting a Sun-like star located 175 light-years away. The work could teach us a lot…
Astronomers traced the origins of water back to a time before the Sun
A star 1,300 light-years from Earth could have revealed one of the best-kept secrets in the Solar System. It’s called V883 Orionis, a young star…
Dark Big Bang, alternative to the origin of the cosmos
The ring of darkness in this galaxy cluster, Cl 0024+17, indicates the presence of dark matter. Credit: NASA, ESA, M.J. Jee and H. Ford (Johns…
Spiral arms of gas and dust spotted around a massive protostar
For the first time, spiral arms of gas and dust within a disk have been seen circling a massive protostar, feeding it irregular bursts of…
Astronomers discover metal-rich galaxies in the early universe
While analyzing data from the first images of a well-known early galaxy taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Cornell University astronomers found a…
Astronomers find a ‘baby’ star growing next to the black hole in the heart of the Milky Way
A very young star in the formation phase (colloquially “baby star”) was unexpectedly discovered near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A star (Sgr A*), at…
A monstrous hidden primordial black hole could change our understanding of the Universe
Fue descubierto en una de las galaxias más extremas del Universo primitivo, que está formando estrellas a un ritmo vertiginoso A monstrous hidden primordial black…
Unique portrait of a supernova that exploded more than 1,800 years ago
Credit: National Science Foundation The RCW 86 debris ring, a remnant of the first supernova recorded in history more than 1,800 years ago by Chinese…
A rare trio of quasars forms one of the most massive object in the univers
Simulation of quasar merger. Source: DOI 10.3847/2041-8213/aca160 Ultramassive black holes with extreme masses of more than 50 billion solar masses can form in the rare…