Just over 300 light-years away is a star that’s a lot like a very young version of our Sun, with multiple exoplanets orbiting it. That’s an interesting find in itself. But what makes the system truly dazzling is that it … Read More
A team modeling the behavior of black holes has concluded that the masses of the universe’s densest objects are quantized, similar to how electrons orbiting atoms can only have specific energies. Furthermore, just as particles can exist in multiple places … Read More
These star clusters are seemingly defying the laws of physics. Astronomers are puzzled by the strange behavior of certain crooked star clusters, which appear to defy gravity’s conventional understanding. Massive star clusters are typically bound together in spirals at the … Read More
NASA continues to outdo itself with the magnificent images of space that it releases – but even by NASA’s high standards, a 12-year timelapse of the entire night sky is an impressive achievement. The images were taken by the NEOWISE … Read More
A strange case of a delayed eruption surprised astronomers. Supermassive black holes tear stars to pieces when they approach too closely. This is known as a tidal disruption event (TDE). The spewing out of material follows the destruction of the … Read More
Karl Schwarzchild proposed black holes in 1916 as a solution to Einstein’s field equations for his Theory of General Relativity. By the mid-twentieth century, astronomers were using indirect methods to detect black holes for the first time, observing their effects … Read More