Why do some planets have moons? A physics expert explains why Earth has only...
On Earth, you can look up at night and see the Moon shining bright from hundreds of thousands of miles away.
But if you went...
Growing black holes have much in common with baby stars
First looks would tell most observers that supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and very young stars have nothing in common.
But that’s not true. Astronomers have...
Venus is the perfect place to count meteors
Watching meteoroids enter the Earth’s atmosphere and streak across the sky as the visual spectacle known as meteors, it is one of the most...
Astronomers see a black hole wake up from its ancient slumber
Four years ago, the supermassive black hole hidden in the heart of galaxy SDSS1335+0728 roared awake and announced its presence with a blast of...
Could we put data centers in space?
Artificial intelligence has taken the world by storm lately. It also requires loads of band-end computing capability to do the near-miraculous things that it...
New study reveals hot neutrinos trapped in neutron star collisions
When stars collapse, they can leave behind incredibly dense, small, and cold remnants called neutron stars.
If two of these neutron stars are close together,...
Matched twin stars are firing their jets into space together
Since it began operating in 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed some surprising things about the Universe.
The latest came when a...
Scientists discover mysteriously cold neutron stars
Scientists have found three young neutron stars that are surprisingly cold for their age, using data from ESA's XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra spacecraft.
These unusual...
Scientists discover supermassive black hole growth like baby stars
Supermassive black holes have long puzzled astronomers, particularly how they grow so large.
An international team of astronomers, including researchers from Chalmers University of Technology...
Scientists capture hidden companions of bright stars using advanced techniques
Photographing faint objects near bright stars is incredibly challenging, like trying to snap a picture of a firefly next to a bright streetlight.
However, by...