How fast can a neutron star drive powerful jets into space? The answer, it turns out, is about one-third the...
A researcher at Colorado State University has developed a potential approach for identifying and understanding dark matter using the soon-to-be-built...
Stars like the Sun are remarkably constant. They vary in brightness by only 0.1% over years and decades, thanks to...
New analysis reveals a tiny black hole repeatedly punching through a larger black hole’s disk of gas
At the heart of a far-off galaxy, a supermassive black hole appears to have had a case of the hiccups....
A new investigation into an obscure class of galaxies known as Compact Symmetric Objects, or CSOs, has revealed that these...
An international team led by Dr. Yuan Feng from Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has investigated...
Everyone loves a two-for-one deal—even physicists looking to tackle unanswered questions about the cosmos. Now, scientists at the Department of...
Scientists have for the first time created a giant quantum vortex to mimic a black hole in superfluid helium that...
Astronomers have revealed that a brilliant supermassive black hole is not living up to expectations. Although it is responsible for...
An international piece of research, led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has found clues to the nature...
Topological solitons can be found in many places and at many different length scales. For example, they take the form...
Astronomers have charted the largest-ever volume of the universe with a new map of active supermassive black holes living at...
