Unveiling the Magnetic Mysteries of Black Holes: How Does “MAD” Accretion Form Around a Black Hole?
For the first time, a global team of scientists has uncovered the magnetic field transport processes in the accretion flow of a black hole, as well…
For the first time, a global team of scientists has uncovered the magnetic field transport processes in the accretion flow of a black hole, as well…
James Webb Space Telescope survey reveals fewer supermassive black holes than presumed. A University of Kansas survey of a swath of the cosmos using the…
Stampede2 supercomputer simulations help capture helium gas clouds escaping distant planet. A planet located approximately 950 light years from Earth could be the Looney Tunes’…
Black holes with exceptionally large masses—over a million times the mass of the Sun, known as supermassive black holes (SMBHs)—are commonly found in the universe…
The frosty gas giant was discovered in a system that also hosts a warm Jupiter. Of the over 5,000 planets known to exist beyond our…
A recent study from SISSA proposes a new model of non-local interaction between the dark matter of a galaxy and gravity. Isaac Newton described his…
An international team reports on a radio pulsar phase of a Galactic magnetar that emitted a fast radio burst in 2020; observations suggest unique origins…
Chromium hydride, found in the temperature range of 1,200-2,000 degrees Kelvin, has been detected in the hot Jupiter WASP-31b’s atmosphere. This discovery paves the way…
Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ National Astronomical Observatories (NAOC), along with their international partners, used the Five-hundred-meter Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) to identify…
Magnetar Origins Explored New findings centered on observations and stellar evolution models of a hot, helium-rich Wolf-Rayet star suggest that it is set to produce…
Researchers from the University of Arizona have found a youthful exoplanet that may shed light on this phenomenon and offer insights into how planets form….
The Next Full Moon is a Supermoon, a Blue Moon, and Rakhi Purnima. The next full Moon will be Wednesday night, August 30, 2023, appearing…
The scheduled launch of the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) and the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) onboard the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No….
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an entrancing dust-filled image of the protostellar object OH 339.88-1.26. Located 8,900 light-years away in the constellation Ara….
The XRISM satellite, a collaborative effort between JAXA, NASA, and ESA, aims to offer unprecedented insights into the X-ray universe, exploring stellar phenomena and black…
A giant black hole 290 million light-years away destroyed a large star and threw its pieces into space. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton…
Saturn will be in opposition on August 26-27, 2023, appearing brighter. With the right equipment, viewers can discern its rings. Additionally, a Super Blue Moon…
The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has discovered a multitude of tiny jets of material escaping from the Sun’s outer atmosphere. Each jet lasts between 20…