What We Now Know About the SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant That’s Wreaking Havoc Globally
Natural selection has shaped the evolution of all living things on our planet, including viruses. While mutations emerge in viruses,…
V404 Cygni • Huge Rings Around a Black Hole
This image features a spectacular set of rings around a black hole, captured using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil…
Strange star is coming out of the Milky Way at enormous speed
About 2,000 light-years away from Earth, there is a star catapulting itself towards the edge of the Milky Way. This…
Five supernovas are discovered among the data from the retired Spitzer telescope
Although supernovas are among the most energetic events in the universe and astronomers know how to estimate how many should…
Nearby Planetary System Could Hold a Habitable Super-Earth
A star just 35 light-years away has been found to host a number of rocky exoplanets, and one that has…
Mars will have rings
In a few million years in the solar system there will be a new planet surrounded by a system of…
Teleportation – the most effective way of transport
Teleportation is the hypothetical transfer of matter or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between…
Galactic cluster magnetic field can bend black hole jets
Some supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies are active and eject relativistic jets thousands or even millions of…
What is the Dark flow?
Dark flow is a theoretical non-random component of the peculiar velocity of galaxy clusters. The actual measured velocity is the…
Chariklo, the little lord of the rings
We all know Saturn because of the impressive ring system located around it. However, Saturn is not the only object…