Astronomers caught a black hole chomping on a nearby star
The universe can be a violent place.
Stars die or collide with each other and black holes devour everything that gets too close.
These and other...
Scientists discover a black hole jet, halfway across the universe, pointing straight toward Earth
Astronomers identified an extremely bright black hole jet, halfway across the universe, pointing straight toward Earth.
Astrophysicists hunt for second-closest supermassive black hole
As massive as the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, the behemoth is hosted by a dwarf galaxy less than 1...
Astronomers use machine learning to classify 1,000 supernovae automatically
Astronomers at Caltech have used a machine learning algorithm to classify 1,000 supernovae completely autonomously.
The algorithm was applied to data captured by the...
Scientists discover an exoplanet atmosphere never seen before
New observations of WASP-39 b reveal a never-before-seen molecule in the atmosphere of a planet — sulfur dioxide — among other details.
Astronomers make the most robust catalog to trace rare, cosmic explosions
The galactic homes of 84 short gamma-ray bursts (sGRBs) — produced by the collision of two neutron stars — have now been pinpointed in...
Many planets could have atmospheres rich in helium, study finds
We now know there are thousands and thousands of planets out there circling faraway stars, and they come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.
Our Milky Way galaxy’s mysterious filaments have ‘older, distant cousins’
Astrophysicist Farhad Zadeh has been fascinated and puzzled by a family of large-scale, highly organized magnetic filaments dangling in the center of the Milky...
Mars was covered by a 300-meter-deep ocean 4.5 billion years ago
When Mars was a young planet, it was bombarded by ice asteroids delivering water and organic molecules necessary for life to emerge.
This means...
Bright light from early universe ‘opens new chapter in astronomy’
The researchers found two exceptionally bright galaxies that existed approximately 350 and 450 million years after the big bang.