Oort clouds around other stars should be visible in the cosmic microwave background For decades, scientists have theorized that beyond the edge of the solar system, at a distance…
In a massive region of space, astronomers find far fewer galaxies than they expected “It was a rare case in astronomy where two competing models ... offered precisely opposite…
First low-frequency fast radio burst to grace our skies detected at last Nobody knows what these rare speedy electromagnetic spurts really are Source: www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/03/fast_radio_burst/
Star spotted speeding near black hole at centre of Milky Way Chile’s Very Large Telescope tracks S2 star as it reaches mind-boggling speeds by supermassive black hole Source: www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jul/26/star-spotted-speeding-near-milky-way-black-hole-for-first-time
The Octonion Math That Could Underpin Physics | Quanta Magazine New findings are fueling an old suspicion that fundamental particles and forces spring from strange eight-part numbers called âoctonions.â…
The Gaia Sausage: The Major Collision That Changed the Milky Way Galaxy | Simons Foundation The Gaia Sausage: The Major Collision That Changed the Milky Way Galaxy on Simons…
MeerKAT radio telescope inaugurated in South Africa – reveals clearest view yet of center of the Milky Way – SKA SA Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr…
Gaia Identifies a Stellar Gap New data from the Gaia mission has revealed a surprise hidden among main-sequence stars. Source: aasnova.org/2018/07/11/3796/
'Ghost' particles from black-hole jetstream found in Antarctic Neutrinos are the universeâs ghosts. Trillions of these particles move through us all the time at close to the speed of light.…
An instrument that will help astronomers study dark matter and galaxies in detail has begun to be assembled at the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii. Topics - Next Generation of Telescope…
A swarm of black holes may be lurking in our galaxy’s heart Hundreds of black holes may lie at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, according to a new…
Defying Theories, This Ghostly Galaxy Has Almost No Dark Matter A unique galaxy is making the case for dark matter, even though it has very little of the mysterious substance.…