Want to find a black hole? Pick up a rock
While black holes are perplexing at any size, some of the most mysterious are hypothetical primordial black holes, those that sprung into existence in the first second after the Big Bang and some of...
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In 2018, a distant black hole threw a fit. The 1.4-million-solar-mass black hole at the center of the galaxy 1ES 1927+654 some 270 million light-years away suddenly began spewing radiation, flaring in...
View ArticleUnusual spiral quasar seen dancing with a companion
The jets of a supermassive black hole are one of the cosmos’ greatest spectacles — and also one of its greatest mysteries. These beams of ionized matter burst forth from the cores of galaxies at speeds...
View ArticleOur near galactic neighbor might have a supermassive black hole
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is one of the Milky Way’s closest neighbors. It’s a small, irregular galaxy that orbits the Milky Way, and is an easy naked-eye object from the Southern Hemisphere. As...
View ArticleHow do neutrino telescopes work?
The neutrino is one of the most common particles in the universe, but you would never know it. In fact, it wasn’t until the 1930s that we even became aware of its existence. What is a neutrino? Noting...
View ArticleThis dead star is still sending us radio signals
Astronomers have finally identified the source of mysterious radio waves from deep space, tracing the signals back to an unusual stellar pair locked in a swift orbit, flashing out their location for...
View ArticleAstronomers find a strange pulsar blinking in slow motion
About 2,600 light-years away, a dead star is sending signals from beyond the grave. Astronomers recently found the strange beacon, which appears to be a pulsar blinking in slow motion — something that...
View ArticleDo black holes exist forever?
Do black holes exist forever? If not, how do they die? If yes, is the number of black holes in the universe always increasing? Eliot H. GinsbergRiverview, Florida Black holes are known for their...
View ArticleA speeding pulsar may have ‘broken’ this cosmic bone
The Milky Way Galaxy is full of cosmic objects of varying shapes and sizes — sometimes resembling objects here on Earth. A galactic center radio filament called G359.13142-0.20005 (or G359.13 for...
View ArticleAstronomers have discovered the Big Wheel — here’s why it’s significant
Deep observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an exceptionally large galaxy in the early universe. It’s a cosmic giant whose light has travelled over 12 billion years to...
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