Scientists find aurora-like radio emission above a sunspot
A team of astronomers from the New Jersey Institute of Technology's Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (NJIT-CSTR) has made an exciting discovery involving a sunspot,...
Growing black hole seen only 470 million years after the big bang
One of the big questions in cosmology asks when black holes first showed up in the early Universe.
Recently astronomers discovered the most distant (and...
How we get ultra-compact dwarf galaxies
I have been fascinated by galaxies for most of my adult life.
I find it amazing that, just as we can ascertain the lifecycle of...
How Einstein unlocked the quantum universe and created the photon
It started with a simple experiment that was all the rage in the early 20th century.
And as is usually the case, simple experiments often...
How to think about a four-dimensional universe
In Einstein’s famous theory of relativity the concepts of immutable space and time aren’t just put aside, they’re explicitly and emphatically rejected.
Space and time...
Scientists discover the earliest Milky Way-like galaxy
Astronomers, using the incredible James Webb Space Telescope, have made a groundbreaking discovery.
They've found a galaxy far away in the universe, which looks a...
If we could find them, Primordial black holes would explain a lot about the...
There are three known types of black holes in the Universe: supermassive black holes that lurk in the centers of galaxies, stellar-mass black holes...
Will Saturn’s rings really ‘disappear’ by 2025? An astronomer explains
If you can get your hands on a telescope, there are few sights more spectacular than the magnificent ringed planet—Saturn.
Currently, Saturn is clearly visible...
Astronomers find dozens of massive stars fleeing the Milky Way
The Milky Way can’t hold onto all of its stars.
Some of them get ejected into intergalactic space and spend their lives on an uncertain...
Astronomers are hoping to detect gravitational waves coming from Supernova 1987A
A supernova explosion is a cataclysmic explosion that marks the violent end of a massive star’s life.
During the event, the star releases immense amounts...