Physicists Observe Direct Evidence of Effective Wave Growth Theory in Space
A team from Nagoya University in Japan has observed, for the first time, the energy transferring from resonant electrons to whistler-mode waves in space. Their…
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Uncovering Secrets of the Early Universe: Astronomers Capture Radio Signal From Distant Galaxy
Probing galaxies at much greater distances from Earth may now be within reach. How do stars form in distant galaxies? Astronomers have long been trying…
Black Hole Carnivals May Lead to Cosmic Crashes Seen by Gravitational-Wave Detectors
Since 2015, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration has detected about 85 pairs of black holes crashing into each other. We now know that Einstein was right: gravitational…
Birth of a “Masquerading Monster” – Formation of Massive Star Caught in the Act
Formation of Massive Star Caught in the Act with Magnetic Field Mapping The stellar nursery where the action is taking place, called BYF 73, is…
Challenging Our Understanding of the Universe: Astronomers Discover an Enigmatic Cosmic Explosion
Gamma-ray bursts are the most intense explosions in the universe and are typically caused by the collapse of stars or the collision of compact stellar…
Unlocking the Secrets of the Universe: Researchers Use High-Powered Lasers to Study Magnetic Reconnection
Scientists use powerful laser beams to create miniature solar flares in order to study the process of magnetic reconnection. Scientists employed twelve high-powered laser beams…
New Study Suggests Dark Matter May Be Made of Dark Photons
The hypothetical new particles could potentially account for the observations made by the Cosmic Origin Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope. According to a new…
Black Hole Violently Tearing Apart a Star Unleashes Rare Luminous Jet of Matter
Astronomers at the Swinburne University of Technology have played an important role in the discovery of a rare luminous jet of matter traveling close to…
Black Hole’s Deep Gravitational Sinkhole Twists Unlucky Star Into Donut Shape
A Deep Gravitational Sinkhole Swallows Unlucky Bypassing Star Black holes have such a voracious gravitational pull that they even swallow light. This makes them hungry…
Baby Star “Burps” Tell Tales of Surprisingly Frantic Feeding – “It’s Literally the Process of Star Creation in Real-Time”
The youngest stars often shine in bright bursts as they consume material from surrounding disks. Newborn stars “feed” at a furious rate and grow through…
Superheavy Neutron Stars Revealed by NASA Observations of Powerful Cosmic Explosions
Astronomers studying archival observations of powerful explosions called short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have detected light patterns indicating the brief existence of a superheavy neutron star…
The Most Extraordinary Example Yet – Tiny, Hidden Galaxy Provides a Portal Into the Distant Past
Astronomers have discovered a nearby galaxy that is similar to galaxies in the distant, early universe by looking past the bright light of a foreground…
Supermassive Black Holes en Route to Cataclysmic Collision: Doomed Pair Closer Than Ever Observed
New observations and analysis reveal two Goliath black holes just 750 light-years apart and closing, as they circle each other in the aftermath of a…
Harvard Astronomers Have Revealed the True Shape of the Milky Way’s Halo of Stars
A recent study has unveiled the true shape of the diffuse cloud of stars surrounding the disk of our galaxy, known as the stellar halo….
Violent Galactic Shockwave: Webb Space Telescope Reveals Sonic Boom Bigger Than the Milky Way
ALMA and Webb Reveal Galactic Shock is Shaping Stephan’s Quintet in Mysterious Ways Shockwaves resulting from the violent collision between an intruder galaxy and Stephan’s…
Astronomy & Astrophysics 101: Supernova
What Is a Supernova? Supernovae are dramatic explosions that take place during the final stages of the death of a supermassive star. Most stages of…
New Study Significantly Narrows Search for Elusive Dark Matter Particles
An international research team has made significant progress in the search for dark matter with the use of a precision experiment developed at the University…
Unprecedented Discovery: Astronomers Observe Most Distant Black Hole Devouring a Star
Last year, the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) was alerted after an unusual source of visible light had been detected by a…
