The aftermath of neutron star mergers
Neutron stars (NS) are the collapsed cores of supermassive giant stars that contain between 10 and 25 solar masses. Aside from black holes, they...
How a black hole could eat a neutron star from the inside out
Primordial black holes are thought to have formed early in the evolution of the universe.
None have been discovered yet but if they do exist...
If advanced civilizations using quantum communications, is that why we’ve never seen them
Establishing communication with an alien intelligence is one of the news items I, and I’m sure many others, long to see.
Since we have started...
Scientists propose using small black holes to detect massive black holes
Astrophysicists from around the world, including researchers from the University of Zurich, have come up with an exciting new way to detect massive black...
Scientists discover hidden dust near supermassive black hole
Scientists have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to uncover a hidden layer of dust in a galaxy 70 million light-years away.
This discovery,...
Astronomers see planets forming around binary stars
Over 5,000 exoplanets have been discovered around distant star systems.
Protoplanetary disks have been discovered too and it’s these, out of which all planetary systems...
Scientists use AI to expedite search for habitable exoplanets
Modern astronomy would struggle without AI and machine learning (ML), which have become indispensable tools.
They alone have the capability to manage and work with...
Scientists discover stellar flares pose risks to potentially habitable planets
Astronomers have found that red dwarf stars, which are common in our galaxy, can produce stellar flares with far-ultraviolet (far-UV) radiation levels much higher...
A new study reveals why the moon has a very thin atmosphere
The moon’s atmosphere is so thin that we only discovered it in 1971—after astronauts had already been there.
Ever since, scientists have been puzzling about...
Scientists discover ancient stars in the Milky Way’s thin disk
Scientists have made a surprising discovery about the evolution of our galaxy using data from the Gaia mission.
They found a large number of ancient...