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Rewriting Theories About Star and Galaxy Formation: Black Holes are Mysteriously Colliding With Neutron Stars

Not long ago, astrophysicists were only predicting that a black hole is able to collide with a neutron star. In the lack of precise evidence, scientists weren’t sure about such an incredible scenario, but this situation recently changed. As BBC…

June 30, 2021 ·by Cristian Antonescu· 0

A Black Hole Swallowed a Neutron Star: Astronomers Are Left in Awe

Recent space discovery has left astronomers in awe and wondering if they will ever understand black holes. A black hole swallowed a neutron star, one of the densest space objects in the Universe. As intriguing as the event sounds, it…

June 29, 2021 ·by Georgia Nica· 0

Exploring More Black Hole Possibilities With These Next-level Techniques

Black holes are one of the most puzzling cosmic features that makes us wonder, what’s the Universe really hiding? Back in 2019, we got to see the first-ever proof of a black hole, and since then, the scientists’ world has…

June 24, 2021 ·by Georgia Nica· 0

NASA’s Hubble Telescope Captures Galaxy Being Illuminated by Black Hole

Fortunately for us, galaxies are everywhere across the Universe, meaning that there’s no telling if they’ll ever run out of presenting scientists new stuff to explore. The Hubble Space Telescope that’s operated by NASA and the European Space Agency is…

June 21, 2021 ·by Cristian Antonescu· 0

New Gamma-ray Burst Data Finally Solve Long-standing Theoretical Prediction

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have puzzled scientists’ work for decades, but that’s about to change. These incredibly energetic phenomena are capable of driving out matter at speeds close to the speed of light. But, unfortunately, they’re also short-lived and power bright.…

June 16, 2021 ·by Georgia Nica· 0

A Dying Supermassive Black Hole Found by Accident Intrigues Astronomers

Right in the centre of galaxies lie the most intriguing yet mysterious cosmic features: the supermassive black holes (SMBH)! They have masses ranging from one million to 10 billion solar masses and puzzle astronomers’ work a lot. However, some SMBH…

June 8, 2021 ·by Georgia Nica· 0

Hunting Quasars is Now Easier Thanks to This Method

One of the rarest extragalactic objects in the Universe is now no longer puzzling scientists’ work. Thanks to a new method of detecting the whereabouts of quasars, we’re closer to unveiling how supermassive black holes evolve. Quasars play a pretty…

May 19, 2021 ·by Georgia Nica· 0

A Supermassive Black Hole Defies Expectations by ‘Gliding’ Through Space

Many scientists believe that black holes are the most mysterious and intriguing phenomenons from the Universe. Although astrophysicists have learned a lot over the decades about these dark cosmic monsters, a new discovery proves to us once again that there’s…

March 16, 2021 ·by Cristian Antonescu· 0

Astronomers Finally Uncover the Reason Behind Betelgeuse’s Dimming

Stars can be pretty much like people: once dominant and imposing, but suddenly they can lose everything. Betelgeuse qualifies for the description pretty well – the red supergiant star has started to dim after it was easily among the top…

March 6, 2021 ·by Cristian Antonescu· 0

“Synthetic” Black Hole Behaves Just As Stephen Hawking Predicted

In 1974, Stephen Hawking launched a theory that the universe’s darkest gravitational behemoths, namely black holes, weren’t the pitch-black star eaters imagined by astronomers. Still, they emitted light spontaneously, a phenomenon now known as Hawking radiation. However, many scientists were…

March 3, 2021 ·by Asheley Rice· 0