‘In the News’ Archives

Don’t let the name fool you. Black holes might all have hearts of pure darkness, but many … “Billions of Hidden Black Holes Could Be Lurking in Space”

Galaxy with 9 rings following collision The galaxy formerly known as LEDA 1313424 – now … “Boom! Galaxy with 9 rings nicknamed the Bullseye”

The European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft launched in 2013 and spent more than a decade measuring and … “Amazing new Milky Way galaxy animation”

As far as supermassive black holes go, the one at the center of the Milky Way is … “Supermassive Black Hole Caught Doing Something Never Seen Before”

If you were to perfectly follow the steps in An Idiot’s Guide to Making a Solar … “A Giant Object May Have Warped Our Solar System, Study Says”

Our current cosmology says cold dark matter helped small galaxies form in the early universe. But recent data … “MOND and more. Does the universe need a rethink?”

In December 2022, less than six months after commencing science operations, NASA’s James Webb Space … “Little Red Dots might indicate ancient, growing black holes”

When some of the biggest stars reach the end of their lives, they explode in … “Astronomers Discover Slow-Spinning Radio Source That ‘Shouldn’t Exist'”

There are limits to what we can see across the gulf of space and time … “Record-Breaking Trove of Stars Seen Billions of Light-Years Away in Cosmic Dragon”

Many stars in our galaxy exist in pairs, but our Sun is a notable exception. … “Our Sun may once have had a twin. What happened to this stellar sibling?”