Is dark matter real, or have we misunderstood gravity?
For many years now, astronomers and physicists have been in a conflict. Is the mysterious dark matter that we observe…
Astrophysics
Contact Binary: Stars that touch each other
A contact binary is a binary star system whose constituent stars are so close that they touch each other or…
The Photon Sphere
For a non-spinning (spherically symmetric) black hole, the photon sphere is a spherical region of space where gravity is strong…
What are the Wolf-Rayet stars?
Wolf–Rayet stars (WR stars) are a rare heterogeneous set of stars with unusual spectra showing prominent broad emission lines of…
Unveiling the Boötes Void: The Great Nothing in Space
The Boötes Void, often referred to as ‘The Great Nothing,’ is a colossal, nearly spherical vacuum in space, home to…
There is a new Earth?
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope discovered an Earth-like planet circling a nearby star within the Goldilocks zone of our galaxy. Kepler-186f…
Liquid water on exomoons of free-floating planets
The moons of planets that have no parent star can possess an atmosphere and retain liquid water. Astrophysicists at LMU…
Supermassive Black Holes Affect The Universe Beyond The Bounds of Their Own Galaxies
Even with masses equal to billions of suns, these gargantuan objects are still mere pinpricks in the vast galactic core,…
What is the Supernova Nucleosynthesis?
Supernova nucleosynthesis is the nucleosynthesis of chemical elements in supernova explosions. In sufficiently massive stars, the nucleosynthesis by fusion of…
VENUS, THE HELL OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
One of the brightest and most beautiful stars in the sky is undoubtedly the so-called Morning Star, which is our…