"This work is a unique collaboration between astronomers and computer scientists advancing cutting-edge computational tools ...
Our Sun is currently around the mid-point of its existence, constantly creating energy (and helium) by fusing hydrogen atoms within its core. As the supply of hydrogen in their cores are depleted ...
ESA's Gaia mission has uncovered a massive dormant black hole in our galaxy, revealing new insights into the formation of stellar-mass black holes and setting the stage for future astronomical ...
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. After years of work and a whole lot of hype, researchers working with the Event Horizon ...
A hiccuping supermassive black hole has alerted astronomers to a whole new type of black hole behavior. In 2020, a previously quiet black hole at the heart of a galaxy about 800 million light ...
When it comes to black holes, size really does matter, especially if you’re considering a cosmic voyage that flirts with the edges of these gravitational behemoths. Forget everything you thought ...
The Chandra X-ray Observatory, one of four great space telescopes NASA launched in the 1990s, revolutionized our understanding of the universe from the moment it first began recording X-rays ...
On this week's episode of Quirks & Quarks with Bob McDonald: Chimpanzees are being forced to eat bat feces, and the viruses in it Quirks and Quarks7:29Chimpanzees are being forced to eat bat feces ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I cover aerospace, astronomy and host The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. The deleterious effects of supermassive black holes, like Sagittarius ...
Quirks and Quarks8:17Seeing a black hole’s magnetic personality Scientists using the Event Horizon Telescope have produced a new image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.
Astronomers have spotted the most massive known stellar black hole in the Milky Way galaxy after detecting an unusual wobble in space. The so-called "sleeping giant," named Gaia BH3, has a mass ...