Astronomers at NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have detected X-rays from the planet Uranus for the first time. The researchers used observations of the ice giant taken in 2002 and 2017 to detect …
Read More »Astronomers capture a new polarized view of a black hole
Scientists at the international collaboration Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) announced Wednesday that they had been able to map magnetic fields around a black hole using polarized light waves for the first time, …
Read More »A new snapshot of a black hole reveals its mysterious physics
Two years ago, The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) made headlines with its announcement of the first direct image of a black hole. Science magazine named the image Breakthrough of the Year. Now …
Read More »Amateur astronomer detects rare visible nova
Left: the horizontal white line points to the new nova. Right: the same region of space seen four days earlier, sans nova. Picture: Yuji Nakamura / NAOJ TO new nova, appearing in …
Read More »The largest asteroid flyby of 2021, the size of the Golden Gate Bridge, will make a “very close encounter” with Earth on March 21.
An asteroid similar in size to the Golden Gate Bridge will swiftly pass our planet this weekend, the largest and fastest asteroid to pass Earth this year. But don’t worry, it won’t …
Read More »Interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua could be the shattered remnant of a Pluto-like object
Artist’s rendition of ‘Oumuamua.Picture: William Hartmann Four years ago, astronomers detected ‘Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object to pass through our solar system. The object exhibited a number of strange and inexplicable …
Read More »New research from Harvard astronomers provides clear evidence for the motion of a black hole
“We don’t expect most supermassive black holes to move; they are generally content to sit down, ”Pesce said in a statement. “They are so heavy that it is difficult to start them. …
Read More »Mars hides its ‘lost’ water beneath the surface, new research suggests
A view of Mars made up of about one hundred Viking Orbiter images.Picture: NASA / JPL-Caltech / USGS The water that used to exist on Mars slowly seeped into space, or at …
Read More »Astronomers were amazed to find a supermassive black hole wandering aimlessly through space
Astronomers have detected a moving black hole. Supermassive black holes They usually sit still as they suck in whatever comes their way, but scientists have long thought it was possible that they …
Read More »Astronomers spotted a black hole casually gliding through space
The host galaxy of a mobile supermassive black hole.Picture: Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) About 230 millions of light years from Earth, there is a black holes going places. These extraordinarily dense …
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