First we saw black hole mergers. Then we saw two neutron stars collide. Now LIGO’s gearing up to reveal the secrets of the universe’s birth.
Source: www.cnet.com/news/gravitational-wave-detectors-upgraded-to-hunt-for-extreme-cosmic-events/’
It was so well-motivated and compelling. But the particles never appeared.
Cosmic dust, a building block of stars and planets, can form in the wake of a violent stellar explosion called a supernova, according to a new study using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA. These surprising findings provide clues to an astronomical mystery surrounding cosmic dust.
Source: www.astrowatch.net/2019/02/sofia-finds-dust-survives-obliteration.html?m=1
Apparently our galaxy really likes to boogie. It has, on several occasions, enjoyed a Monster Mash; now it’s been caught doing the Twist. A new study has revealed that the Milky Way isn’t a nice, neat, flat disc – it’s seriously warped around the edg
Source: www.sciencealert.com/the-milky-way-s-disc-is-all-warped-and-twisted