Astrophysics & Cosmology

30+ min ago   (205+ words) How did astronomers detect the black hole??? A common question arises at this point. How JWST can even study a black hole hidden inside a thick cloud!!!!! This is how:• The black hole leaves a strong imprint on the gas…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (447+ words) Light has been traveling toward us for billions of years, and astronomers have now caught it. It comes from a record-breaking source, powered by a supermassive black hole whose jet points straight at Earth. What this signal reveals about that…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (419+ words) For more on exploring cosmic mysteries, check out Curiosity Rover’s discovery on Mars, highlighting parallels in cosmic exploration techniques. Astronomers identified these seven sources as part of a group of 84 objects across six galaxies. These sources emit extremely soft X-rays,…...

2+ hour, 22+ min ago   (297+ words) Coming up empty in a search for giant planets could help astronomers find smaller worlds in the habitable zones of the nearby two-star system 70 Ophiuchi AB. University of Michigan researchers have now narrowed that possibility with the most sensitive modern…...

16+ hour, 33+ min ago   (104+ words) The following is an investigation into an interesting mathematical object I stumbled upon when reading a General Relativity textbook. A static universe in which space is hyperbolic can be described by the metric: If the coordinate system is modified so…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago   (501+ words) Learn about the remnant of a historic supernova observed around 850 years ago and the zombie star that has survived at its center. Using the Gemini North telescope in Hawai’i, astronomers have now re-examined this likely remnant of a historic supernova,…...

3+ hour, 30+ min ago   (398+ words) But what if you could bypass tensor calculus entirely? What if the classical observational tests of General Relativity could be derived simply by relaxing a physical vacuum medium on a discrete 1D grid? The foundation of this approach relies on a…...

4+ hour, 47+ min ago   (740+ words) Betelgeuse, a striking red supergiant in the winter sky, is nearing the end of its life cycle. When it explodes as a supernova, will it threaten life on Earth? Betelgeuse – a giant star nearing the end of its life cycle....

5+ hour, 28+ min ago   (611+ words) Alcohol may sound like an unlikely subject for space exploration, but a recent discovery has caught astronomers' attention. Hidden in a distant star-forming region was a molecular signature never identified before. Astronomers have discovered a rare form of alcohol in…...

6+ hour, 22+ min ago   (997+ words) A theoretical model uses information theory to estimate cosmic bits, without proving information is a new state of matter. (CREDIT: The Brighter Side of News) An electron’s mass, charge and spin help distinguish it from other particles. Those identifying properties…...