Extremely Warped Spacetime: To Find Giant Black Holes, Start With Jupiter
The revolution in our understanding of the night sky and our place in the universe began when we transitioned from using the naked eye to…
The revolution in our understanding of the night sky and our place in the universe began when we transitioned from using the naked eye to…
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy. Scientists think…
An international team of researchers has found multiple planet systems orbiting red dwarf star Gliese 887. The international “RedDots” team – joined by Australian astronomers…
An exoplanet the size of Neptune has been discovered around the young star AU Microscopii, thanks in part to the work of Jonathan Gagné, a…
A 50-year-old theory that began as speculation about how an alien civilization could use a black hole to generate energy has been experimentally verified for…
Astronomers have made the first measurement of spin-orbit alignment for a distant ‘super-Jupiter’ planet, demonstrating a technique that could enable breakthroughs in the quest to…
A team of researchers simulated conditions on water-rich exoplanets in the laboratory and learned something surprising about their geological composition. Out beyond our solar system,…
For decades astronomers have been puzzled by a gap that lies between neutron stars and black holes, but a major new discovery has found a…
New research findings from the IAS, University of Michigan, and UC Berkeley. In a new study of axion motion, researchers propose a scenario known as…
In a first, astronomers may have seen light from the merger of two black holes, providing opportunities to learn about these mysterious dark objects. When…
Most massive quasar known in early universe discovered on Maunakea. The second-most distant quasar ever discovered now has a Hawaiian name. Astronomers have discovered the…
International researchers led by University of Göttingen find multiple planet system orbiting Gliese 887. The nearest exoplanets to us provide the best opportunities for detailed…
Possible light flare observed from small black holes within the disk of a massive black hole. When two black holes spiral around each other and…
Astronomers and engineers have designed telescopes, in part, to be “time travelers.” The farther away an object is, the longer its light takes to reach…
An interdisciplinary team of scientists led by researchers from DIPC, Ikerbasque and UPV/EHU, has demonstrated that it is possible to build an ultra-sensitive sensor based…
Imaging Magnetic Instabilities Using Laser Accelerated Protons An international team of researchers highlighted two variants of Weibel’s instability. The magnetic structures resulting from a plasma…
Recreating extreme conditions in the lab, like those in the interior of planets and stars, is very complex and can only be achieved for fractions…
When the most massive stars die, they collapse under their own gravity and leave behind black holes; when stars that are a bit less massive…