Rapid spin delays the collapse of merged neutron stars into black hole

When two neutron stars spiral into one another and merge to form a black hole — an event recorded in 2017 by gravitational wave...

What’s happening in the depths of other exoplanets

The physics and chemistry that take place deep inside our planet are fundamental to the existence of life as we know it. But what forces...

Scientists find new way to predict unknow alien life

The only references we have for “life” are the forms we know on Earth. Astrobiologists suspect that the search for alien life, and even for...

This black hole spins on its side

In a new study from University of Freiburg, scientists have reliably measured for the first time a large difference between the rotation axis of...

Scientists reveal incredible 4.4 million galaxies in a new map

Scientists reveal an astonishingly detailed radio image of more than 4.4 million objects and a very dynamic picture of our Universe. The map and its...

Scientists find rare black hole in our neighboring galaxy

Astronomers discovered a black hole unlike any other. At one hundred thousand solar masses, it is smaller than the black holes we have found at...

What happens on the bright side of the moon

In a new study from HSE University, researchers developed a mathematical model that explains the levitation of charged dust particles over the sunlit lunar...

Scientists discover a black hole’s death spiral

In a new study from University of Turku, researchers found that the axis of rotation of a black hole in a binary system is...

Scientists push to search for axion dark matter

Scientists from Durham University and Kings College London have presented a theoretical review in a new study strongly supporting the search for axion dark...

Scientists reveal the last day of the dinosaurs after asteroid impact

The asteroid which killed nearly all of the dinosaurs struck Earth during springtime. This conclusion was drawn by an international team of researchers after having...