This Unstable Double Binary Star System Could Implode Into a Type Ia Supernova
Multiple star systems are very common in the Milky Way. While most of these systems are binary systems consisting of…
Astrophysics
The coldest place in the universe
In February 1933 in the Siberian village of Ojmjakon an impressive temperature of -67.8 ° was recorded, which still remains…
White dwarf explosion observed in ‘real time’ for the first time
For the first time, a white dwarf has been observed exploding in X-rays. Conducted by a team of researchers led…
Quasi-stars: the hypothesis of the origin of the supermassive black hole
In space there exists a cosmic phenomenon known as black hole stars. Unlike normal stars these unique celestial objects derive…
Unraveling TON 618: The Universe’s Largest Black Hole
Supernovas, the most energetic events in the universe, result in the complete disruption of stars, but what about the largest…
We Finally Have The First Image of The Supermassive Black Hole at The Center of The Milky Way
Four and a half billion years ago, our pale blue dot was born in the rubble left over from the…
‘Runaway’ star may explain unusual glow around black hole
At the center of a distant galaxy, a black hole is slowly consuming a disk of gas that swirls around…
Big Bang: the beginning we know!
We’re still not sure why or even how this happened. We know nothing about what existed before the Big Bang….
Astronomers discover a rare ‘black widow’ binary, with the shortest orbit yet
The flashing of a nearby star has drawn MIT astronomers to a new and mysterious system 3,000 light years from…
It’s official, the Osiris Rex probe will visit the potentially dangerous asteroid Apophis!
Launched in 2016, the spacecraft reached the asteroid Bennu, from which it took a surface sample in 2020. Osiris Rex…