Brian Koberlein
Astronomers Have Never Detected Merging Supermassive Black Holes. That Might Be About to Change
A new study suggests that pulsars could act as natural gravitational wave sensors, setting limits on supermassive black hole mergers…
JWST is Powerful Enough to See a Variety of Biosignatures in Exoplanets
According to a new study, JWST is powerful enough to detect the chemicals in the atmospheres of various terrestrial planets…
More Evidence of Massive First Generation Stars
A few days ago I wrote about the search for Population III stars. These stars were the first stars of…
Has JWST Finally Found the First Stars in the Universe?
New observations from JWST hint at pockets of new gas in the halo of more evolved galaxies, where these first-generation…
If Black Holes Evaporate, Everything Evaporates
Stephen Hawking predicted that black holes wouldn't last forever, eventually evaporating into a smear of particles. According to a new…
Exactly How Massive is the Milky Way?
What is the mass of the Milky Way? What do you get if you add up all the stars, gas,…
There's a New Supernova in a Familiar Galaxy. You Can See it in a Small Telescope
Astronomers discover dozens of supernovae yearly, but seeing one bright and close is rare. If you have a small telescope…
One Spacecraft Could Visit All of Saturn's Inner Large Moons
Saturn's moon Enceladus is one of the best places we could search for life in the Solar System. A new…
When Black Holes Merge, They'll Ring Like a Bell
How a merged black hole rings as it settles into a stable form holds clues to a better understanding of…
There's So Much Going on in This Star-Forming Nebula
Look at this beautiful image of the Lupus 3 star-forming interstellar cloud captured by the Dark Energy Camera.