The First Light in the Universe Helps Build a Dark Matter Map
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration used years of cosmic microwave background data to create a new map of Dark Matter.
This JWST Image Shows Gravitational Lensing at its Finest
The latest image release from the James Webb Space Telescope shows another beautiful field filled with galaxies and gravitational lenses
Astronomers Think They've Found One of the Biggest Black Holes Ever Seen
Using the Gravitational Lensing technique, astronomers have found evidence of what could be the largest black hole ever detected!
A Mysterious Blob Near the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Might Finally Have an Explanation
New research from UCLA’s Galactic Center Group has found an explanation for the mysterious “blob” (X7) at the center of the galaxy.
Are Black Holes the Source of Dark Energy?
In a series of papers, an international team claims they’ve found the first observational evidence that supermassive black holes are responsible for cosmic expansion!
A Novel Propulsion System Would Hurl Hypervelocity Pellets at a Spacecraft to Speed it up
A new proposal for a pellet-beam spacecraft could enable interstellar missions and a Solar Gravitational Lens in a matter of decades.
Einstein's Predictions for Gravity Have Been Tested at the Largest Possible Scale
A new study by an international team indicates that either Einstein was wrong, or something else has been driving cosmic expansion from the beginning.
Did Supermassive Black Holes Collapse Directly out of Giant Clouds of gas? It Could Depend on Magnetic Fields
New research shows how the seeds of Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) could have formed from gas clouds with amplified magnetic fields.
Shortly Before They Collided, two Black Holes Tangled Spacetime up Into Knots
An international team led from Cardiff University has confirmed that black hole binaries experience precession.
A Black Hole Burps out Material, Years After Feasting on a Star
When observing a black hole that devoured a star three years earlier, an international team of astronomers noticed it “burping” material out at half the speed of light!