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…
Astrophysics
‘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…
Mars moon may be on its way to destruction
A new study indicates that the ridges on the surface of Phobos, the moon of Mars, indicate that the satellite…
What Is The Hottest Temperature in The Known Universe, And Could We Achieve It?
From what we know about our Universe, the coldest possible temperature is ‘absolute’ zero degrees Kelvin, or -273.15 degrees Celsius…
RX J1856.5 3754 Neutron star
Neutron stars are among the most extreme objects in the Universe. They form during the explosion of a supernova, the…
Cecilia Payne, an exceptional and forgotten woman
Every student is taught that Isaac Newton discovered gravity or that Charles Darwin discovered evolution, but when it comes to…
The Most distant galaxy yet discovered
13.5 billion light-years (z=13.3): is the distance of Hd1, which is the most distant astronomical object discovered. Hd1 is an…