ASASSN-15lh: superluminous event explained by rotating black hole “swallowing” star
This artist print shows a Sun-like star near a fast-rotating supermassive black hole with a mass about 100 million times…
Astrophysics
Dancing Ghosts: A New, Deeper Sky Scan Offers Surprises to Astronomers
Examining recent telescope data, we saw two ghosts dancing in the depths of the cosmos. We had never seen…
Cosmic rarity: researchers identify the most massive star
STAR RMC 136a1 RMC 136a1 or R136a1 is a Wolf-Rayet star at the center of the star cluster RCM 136,…
Origin of near earth asteroids
Near earth asteroids are asteroids that have been pushed by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow…
NASA seeks volunteers to undergo simulated Mars conditions
The tests will help investigate methods and technology to solve and avoid potential problems on manned missions to Mars. NASA…
How we detect exoplanets?
Exoplanets are typically close to a star and since a star is much more luminous than the planet, direct detection…
How was the moon born?
Probably, the Moon was born from a blow that the Earth took. More than 4 billion years ago, our planet…
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…
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…