Astrophysics

MIT Astronomers Capture Elusive Starlight From Early Quasars

New findings by MIT show early supermassive black holes grew rapidly from large cosmic seeds, challenging previous understandings of galaxy…

2 weeks ago

The Cosmic Event That Rewrote Earth’s Climate History

Two million years ago, the solar system encountered a dense interstellar cloud that may have significantly influenced Earth’s climate by…

3 weeks ago

Quantum Theory Unveils Surprising Black Hole Shortage

Researchers applied quantum field theory to the early universe, predicting fewer primordial black holes than other models suggest, potentially impacting…

3 weeks ago

‘Weird’ New Planet Defies Expectations

Artist’s concept of TIC365102760 b, nicknamed Phoenix for its ability to survive a red giant star’s intense radiation from up…

3 weeks ago

“Extraordinary” Slow-Spinning Neutron Star Shakes Astrophysics

Researchers at the University of Sydney and CSIRO have discovered a neutron star that spins slower than any previously known,…

4 weeks ago

Astrophysicists Detect Potential Collisional Dark Matter in “El Gordo”

Simulations of the galaxy cluster “El Gordo” suggest that dark matter may be self-interacting, supporting the Self-Interacting Dark Matter (SIDM)…

4 weeks ago

Webb Captures Birth of Universe’s Earliest Galaxies for First Time

This illustration shows a galaxy forming only a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, when gas was a…

1 month ago

Euclid Mission Unveils Hidden Dark Universe in New Images

Messier 78 is a nursery of star formation enveloped in a shroud of interstellar dust located 1,300 light-years away from…

1 month ago

First Atmospheric Discovery on a Rocky Super-Earth

Recent research  has found evidence of an atmosphere on 55 Cancri e, a rocky exoplanet just 41 light-years away. Despite…

1 month ago

Signs of Their Spectacular Endings

Scientists from Yale and the University of Hong Kong suggest searching for bright flares from tidal disruption events to detect…

1 month ago

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