Scientists hear first overtones in the ringing of a black hole
By listening for specific tones in the gravitational waves of black hole mergers, researchers are putting Albert Einstein's theories to new tests.
When two black...
Black hole at the center of our galaxy is getting hungrier
The enormous black hole at the center of our galaxy is having an unusually large meal of interstellar gas and dust, and researchers don't...
Rocks at asteroid impact site record first day of dinosaur extinction
When the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs slammed into the planet, the impact set wildfires, triggered tsunamis and blasted so much sulfur into...
Explosive nitrogen created craters that pock Saturn moon Titan
Lakes of liquid methane on the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, were likely formed by explosive, pressurized nitrogen just under the moon's surface,...
Afterglow of GW170817 sheds light on the origin of neutron star collisions
The final chapter of the historic detection of the powerful merger of two neutron stars in 2017 officially has been written.
After the extremely bright...
Scientist hunt for a 12-billion-year-old signal that marks the end of the post Big...
Astronomers are closing in on a signal that has been travelling across the Universe for 12 billion years, bringing them nearer to understanding the...
Scientists reveal the secret of Saturn’s impossible rotation
Saturn may be doing a little electromagnetic shimmy and twist which has been throwing off attempts by scientists to determine how long it takes...
Deep-sea sediments reveal solar system chaos
A day is the time for Earth to make one complete rotation on its axis, and a year is one revolution around the Sun...
Scientists discover a new mineral buried inside meteorite
Scientists have discovered a new mineral buried inside the Wedderburn meteorite, forged in the core of a planet that no longer exists.
The Wedderburn meteorite,...
NASA satellite spots a mystery that’s gone in a flash
Pops of bright blue and green in this image of the Fireworks galaxy (NGC 6946) show the locations of extremely bright sources of X-ray...