3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (437+ words) "Like light, gravitational waves can also be deflected, magnified, and split into multiple signals by massive objects." A "forbidden" merger between two massive black holes may not have been quite as impossible as previously thought. That's according to new research…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (426+ words) "For the first time, we were able to watch two massive stars move around one another while they were still being born." Using the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) radio telescope, astronomers have watched as two stars come together…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (302+ words) "Astronomy is not just science or spirit; it's both at the same time." It is nearly impossible to fathom the entirety of a single galaxy — these realms can span hundreds of thousands of light-years, and sometimes are even millions of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (174+ words) Robert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World, New Scientist, Astronomy Magazine, All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science. He also writes about science communication for Elsevier and the European Journal of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (410+ words) The enchanting scene comes courtesy of the Large Magellanic Cloud. About 160,000 light-years away lies one of our Milky Way's little galactic neighbors: The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). And thanks to a new observing program, the Hubble Space Telescope has provided us…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (181+ words) "These are still enormous objects, but they lie at the lower end of the supermassive black hole population rather than among the most extreme examples." Now, new research suggests this isn't such a massive problem after all. The team behind…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (549+ words) "You know, I have a thing for stars." Nearly a decade ago, I found myself laughing alongside one of the most iconic women in astronomy. This week, a telescope bearing her name launches to the stars. So let's travel back…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (328+ words) "Most objects in the universe leave some trace of light. Cloud-9 does not. That silence is, in its own way, the most compelling result we could have obtained." Scientists are closer than ever before to confirming that a galaxy known…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (193+ words) Extreme tidal forces are driving the planet towards a rapid and inexorable orbital evolution, destining it to a fatal encounter with its own star. Astronomers have discovered a new ocean world outside the solar system that orbits extremely close to…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (358+ words) Stargazing tips, cosmic events and expert insights on the universe Never Miss a Discovery "Gravitational waves observed today could provide a new window onto the birth of the first supermassive black holes." "Dark stars were originally proposed as objects that…...