Want to Find Colliding Black Holes? Check the Disks Around Quasars
The universe is awash in gravitational waves. The collisions of massive objects such as black holes and neutron stars generate…
A Black Hole Switched On in the Blink of an Eye
A new study describes how astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole that suddenly "switched on" and became
Ancient Stars Somehow Survived Close to the Center of the Milky Way
The core of our Milky Way Galaxy draws astronomers' attention like moths to a flame. That's because there's a lot…
A Neutron Star is Unwinding a Companion Star
Astronomers have found a bizarre binary star system where a neutron star orbits with another star. Its companion used to…
A Planet has Whipped Up Spiral Arms Around a Young Star
Astronomers have observed dozens of newly forming stars surrounded by protoplanetary disks. Some look like grooved vinyl records, while others…
JWST Sees the Most Distant Active Supermassive Black Hole
As astronomers push our views of the Universe further back in time, their telescopes keep uncovering surprises. That's the case…
Astronomers Scan the Skies for Nanosecond Pulses of Light From Interstellar Civilizations
The VERITAS Collaboration and Breakthrough Listen just released the results of the first year of their survey for optical technosignatures.
Supernovae are the Source of Dust in Early Galaxies
Dust is the building block for much of the Universe, including the planet you were born on. But where did…
Venus has Clouds of Concentrated Sulfuric Acid, but Life Could Still Survive
A new study has found that some of the building blocks of organic molecules could survive in Venus clouds, suggesting…
A Practical Use for Space Power: Beaming Energy to Probes on Venus
A few weeks ago, a team of scientists from Caltech announced that they had successfully transmitted energy from an orbiting…