Scientists discover rare supermassive black hole
Our Milky Way Galaxy is estimated to contain 100 million stellar black holes - cosmic bodies formed by the collapse of massive stars and...
Scientists create smart satellites that could rescue other broken satellites
When satellites break, which is surprisingly often, there isn't much you can do about them.
They become expensive and dangerous flotsam, orbiting Earth for years...
Scientists inch closer than ever to signal from cosmic dark age
Around 12 billion years ago, the universe emerged from a great cosmic dark age as the first stars and galaxies lit up.
With a new...
Thousands of planets may be around a supermassive black hole
"I have seen the dark universe yawning,
Where the black planets roll without aim;
Where they roll in their horror unheeding, without knowledge or lustre or...
How to make the world’s most powerful neutrino beam
Scientists on Nov. 14 broke ground on an innovative experiment that aims to answer some of the biggest questions about the universe.
The Long-Baseline Neutrino...
Scientists discover highest-energy light from a gamma-ray burst
Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the cosmos.
These explosive events last a fraction of a second to several minutes and emit the...
Scientists find evidence of missing neutron star
Astronomers uncover the relic at the heart of Supernova 1987A that has been hidden for over 30 years.
The leftovers from a spectacular supernova that...
The Universe isn’t flat – it’s curved
The current cosmological scenario, based on inflation, dark matter, and a cosmological constant, seems unable to fit all observations.” --Dr Eleonora Di Valentino
A new...
Milky Way’s big black hole hurls star to infinity and beyond
An international study has discovered a star travelling at more than six million km/h through the Milky Way after being flung from the centre...
Are we alone’? Study refines which exoplanets are potentially habitable
In order to search for life in outer space, astronomers first need to know where to look.
A new Northwestern University study will help astronomers...