As Dense as It Gets: Using String Theory To Create a New Model for Matter
A new model for matter in neutron star collisions. After a massive star burns its fuel and explodes as a supernova, an exceedingly compact object…
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First Direct Visual Evidence That the Object in the Center of the Milky Way Is Indeed a Black Hole
Astronomers reveal the first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy. It is the first direct visual evidence of a ring-like…
Sex-Specific Genetic Processes Shown in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
Small RNAs Link Immune System and Brain Cells Recent studies have found a high genetic similarity of the psychiatric diseases schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, whose…
First Image of a Black Hole Captured by Astronomers
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) operates a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes that are linked together. The Black Hole Cam (BHC) Team, led…
Astrophysicists Determine New Constraints on Neutron Stars
How large is a neutron star? Previous estimates varied from eight to sixteen kilometers. Astrophysicists at the Goethe University Frankfurt and the FIAS have now…
ExaHyPE – Simulation Code for New Generation of Supercomputers
Even after the direct measurement of their gravitational waves, there are still mysteries surrounding black holes. What happens when two black holes merge, or when…
Astrophysicists Test Theories of Gravity with Black Hole Shadows
Can we tell black holes apart? Astrophysicists at Goethe University Frankfurt answer this question by computing images of feeding non-Einsteinian black holes: At present it…