Tiny, nearly undetectable primordial black holes could be one of the mysterious sources of mass that contribute to dark matter. There are significant limits to their lifespan in open space, but in …
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A white dwarf is not your specific type of star. While the main sequence stars such as our Sun fuse atomic material in their cores to prevent themselves from collapsing under their …
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Across the universe, 5.5 billion light years away, a series of telescopes has captured a small gamma-ray flashed flash. It is reminiscent of the Kilonova explosion, which was linked to the collision …
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Five years ago, humanity had yet to detect gravitational waves. Now, observations are happening at an astonishing pace. In a six-month span last year, the LIGO-Virgo collaboration detected an average of 1.5 …
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It has now been over three years since history was traced to the colliding of neutron stars. From 130 million light-years away, astronomers saw a brilliant glow of gamma-radiation, rippling gravitational waves, …
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When humanity finally detected a collision between two neutron stars in 2017, we confirmed a long-held theory – in the energetic flames of these incredible explosions, elements heavier than iron are forged. …
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In February 1987, Akash sparkled. In the Large Magellanic Cloud, 167,644 light years away, astronomers saw a giant star die in a spectacular supernova, the closest to Earth in hundreds of years. …
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