There are no scales for weighing black holes. Yet astrophysicists from the Moscow Institute of…
Browsing: Space
Space refers to the vast, seemingly infinite expanse beyond Earth’s atmosphere where planets, stars, galaxies, and cosmic phenomena exist. It is a realm defined by extreme conditions—near vacuum, intense radiation, and temperatures ranging from blistering heat to freezing cold. Space exploration has revealed a universe rich with complexity, from black holes and exoplanets to the cosmic microwave background that offers clues to the Big Bang. For scientists, space is both a frontier and a laboratory, offering insights into fundamental physics, the origins of the universe, and the potential for life beyond Earth. It continues to inspire curiosity, innovation, and a deeper sense of our place in the cosmos.
Second interstellar object has been spotted and named just two years after the first. A…
A provocative new study looks at the resource utilization and technological strategies that would be…
Second fastest spinning radio pulsar known is a gamma-ray pulsar, too. Multi-messenger observations look closely…
Our understanding of comets is linked to knowing our solar system’s early composition. A new…
Venus may have been a temperate planet hosting liquid water for 2-3 billion years, until…
Gravitational wave ‘tones’ detected following the merger of two black holes confirm the decades-old ‘no-hair…
Studying the interactions between light and gas in intergalactic space, SISSA scientists are trying to…
Many of the best-loved galaxies in the cosmos are remarkably large, close, massive, bright, or…
For 400 years people have tracked sunspots, the dark patches that appear for weeks at…
Zwicky Transient Facility observations reveal surprising transformations from sleepy LINER galaxies to blazing quasars within…
Research of Cassini data suggests icy rings are as old as the solar system itself.…
A team of physicists and computer scientists at ETH Zurich has developed a new approach…
A Columbia study suggests chunks of an exomoon’s dusty outer layers of ice, gas and…
Astronomers using the GBT have discovered the most massive neutron star to date, a rapidly…
Star clusters are formed by the condensation of molecular clouds, masses of cold, dense gas…
Astronomers using one of the most advanced radio telescopes have discovered a rare molecule in…
A newly discovered comet has excited the astronomical community this week because it appears to…