Mysterious Giant Radio Pulses From Pulsars Are Hundreds of Times More Energetic Than Previously Believed
A group led by scientists from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, using coordinated observations of the Crab pulsar in…
Astrophysics
New NASA Visualization Probes the Light-Bending Dance of Binary Black Holes
A pair of orbiting black holes millions of times the Sun’s mass perform a hypnotic pas de deux in a…
Dark Matter Is the Most Likely Source of Excess of Gamma Rays From Center of the Milky Way
In the recent past, space missions dedicated to the study of astrophysical signals in the high-energy spectrum revealed a series…
How many stars can you see?
Many of us at least once in our life raising our eyes to the sky wondered how many stars were…
What is the Gravitational collapse?
Gravitational collapse is the contraction of an astronomical object due to the influence of its own gravity, which tends to…
Research reveals secret to Jupiter’s curious aurora activity
Auroral displays continue to intrigue scientists, whether the bright lights shine over Earth or over another planet. The lights hold…
String theory solves the mystery of the behavior of photons around a black hole
A paper by the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) Director Ooguri Hirosi and…
Dark Energy Survey: physicists open new window into dark energy
The universe is expanding at an ever-increasing rate, and while no one is sure why, researchers with the Dark Energy…
We Finally Have The First-Ever Evidence of Cosmic Superaccelerators in Our Galaxy
A cosmic gamma ray detected zipping across the Milky Way has broken the record for the most energetic we’ve found…
What is A gravitational lens?
A gravitational lens is a distribution of matter (such as a cluster of galaxies) between a distant light source and…