A long-lost type of dark matter may resolve the biggest disagreement in physics
"We Exist Within a Colossal Sphere" --The Void that Harbors the Milky Way (Weekend Feature) | The Daily Galaxy Our Milky Way Galaxy exists in void –one of…
Double-Peak and Destroy: Accretion in a Tidal Disruption Event Reveals Itself
Double-Peak and Destroy: Accretion in a Tidal Disruption Event Reveals Itself Astrobites reports on the first confident detection of an accretion disk that formed after a supermassive black hole…
The Universe may not look the same in all directions after all – Astronomy Now
The Universe may not look the same in all directions after all – Astronomy Now One of the core assumptions all professional and amateur astronomers learn when first entering…
Astronomers Discover Class of Strange Objects Near Our Galaxy’s Enormous Black Hole
Astronomers Discover Class of Strange Objects Near Our Galaxy’s Enormous Black Hole – W. M. Keck Observatory The Keck Observatory telescopes on Maunakea in Hawaii, are the world’s…
New pattern uncovered in mysterious ‘fast radio bursts’ from deep space
New pattern uncovered in mysterious 'fast radio bursts' from deep space What's creating these unusual signals? And why does this one repeat itself? Source: www.livescience.com/mysterious-fast-radio-burst-pattern.html
Mysterious radio bursts from a nearby spiral galaxy
Mysterious radio bursts from a nearby spiral galaxy Fast radio flashes still pose something of an enigma to astronomers. Although they only emit for milliseconds at a time, hundreds have…
A Crisis in Cosmology – W. M. Keck Observatory
A Crisis in Cosmology – W. M. Keck Observatory Maunakea, Hawaii – A group of astronomers led by University of California, Davis has obtained new data that suggest the universe is…
First Glimpses of Interstellar Comet Suggest It’s Not So Different
First Glimpses of Interstellar Comet Suggest It's Not So Different Early observations of Comet C/2019 Q4, which will likely be declared the first confirmed interstellar comet, suggest that its composition…
Physicists Just Released Step-by-Step Instructions for Building a Wormhole
Physicists Just Released Step-by-Step Instructions for Building a Wormhole All you need are two black holes and a few cosmic strings and voila! Instant wormhole. Source: www.space.com/building-a-wormhole-with-cosmic-strings.html
Astrophysicists Link Brightening of Pulsar Wind Nebula to Pulsar Spin-down Rate Transition—Chinese Academy of Sciences
Astrophysicists Link Brightening of Pulsar Wind Nebula to Pulsar Spin-down Rate Transition---Chinese Academy of Sciences Astrophysicists have discovered that the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) surrounding the famous pulsar B0540-69 brightened…
Black Hole Holograms
Black Hole Holograms A research team from Osaka University, Nihon University and Chuo University has proposed a novel theoretical framework whose experiment could be performed in a laboratory to better…
Astronomers just quintupled the number of known repeating fast radio bursts
Astronomers just quintupled the number of known repeating fast radio bursts A Canadian telescope spotted eight more repeating fast radio bursts. What causes these cryptic flashes of radio waves…
The first AI capable of simulating the universe works so well it’s scary
The first AI capable of simulating the universe works so well it's scary A team of researchers recently pioneered the world's first AI universe simulator. It's fast; it's accurate; and…
Fast Radio Burst Pinpointed to Distant Galaxy
Fast Radio Burst Pinpointed to Distant Galaxy In a rare feat, astronomers have pinpointed the place of origin of a fast radio burst, with a surprising outcome. Source: www.caltech.edu/about/news/fast-radio-burst-pinpointed-distant-galaxy