How Did Black Holes Get So Big, So Fast? The Answer Lies in the Dark
Recent findings suggest dark matter played a crucial role in the formation of supermassive black holes early in the universe…
Tag: Astrophysics
Astrophysicists Solve Longstanding “Final Parsec Problem”
Scientists have found that dark matter interactions may resolve the “final parsec problem,” enabling supermassive black hole mergers and providing…
Milky Way’s “Wrinkles” Reveal a Startlingly Recent Collision, Shocking Astrophysicists
New research by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute reveals that the Milky Way’s last major collision occurred far more recently than thought,…
What’s Happening to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot? The Solar System’s Largest Storm Could Finally Disappear
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (GRS), an easily visible anticyclonic vortex and the largest such vortex in the Solar System, has…
Astronomers Discover Six Ancient Galaxies With Unprecedented Gas Masses
This aerial panoramic photo taken on July 26, 2023 shows China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in southwest China’s…
Hubble Detects Mysterious Radio Burst Originating From Halfway Across the Universe
A recent discovery of an FRB in a distant galaxy cluster by Hubble Telescope sheds light on the origins and…
Machine Learning Uncovers New Insights, Challenging Galaxy Formation Theories
Image of Abell 2218, a dense galactic cluster approximately 2 billion light years from Earth.Credit: NASA, ESA, and Johan Richard;…
JWST Has Discovered Carbon Ices in the Far Reaches of the Solar System
An artist’s impression of a Kuiper Belt object (KBO), located on the outer rim of our solar system at a…
