‘In the News’ Archives

Powerful flares from magnetars – compact, dead stars with intense magnetic fields – can create heavy … “Colossal magnetar flares forge gold”

Dotted throughout our Milky Way galaxy and beyond are vast structures known as molecular clouds. … “Huge nearby space cloud was invisible … until now”

The culprit in a cosmic hit-and-run that resulted in a broken ‘bone’ has been found … “This Galactic ‘Bone’ Was Smashed by a Pulsar Clocking Up to 2 Million MPH”

The plasmoid at the center of a galaxy 300 million light-years away has astronomers stumped. … “Stuart Talbott: Galactic Plasmoid Stuns Astronomers | Thunderbolts”

The largest known structure in the Universe may be even larger than we thought it … “Largest Structure in The Universe May Be 50% Larger Than We Thought”

A supermassive black hole around a million times the mass of the Sun just gave away its … “A Hidden Supermassive Black Hole Has Just Revealed Itself in Deep Space”

Astronomers announced yesterday they’ve spotted an exoplanet crumbling to pieces. The doomed planet – located some 140 light-years from … “Astronomers spot disintegrating planet with a comet-like tail”

Our Earth is spinning, the sun is spinning, the solar system is spinning and our … “Is our whole universe spinning? A new study suggests it is”

A Type 1a supernova represents one of the most powerful and consistent explosions in our … “There’s a Type 1a Supernova in the Making, Just 150 Light-Years Away”

The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31, is the nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky … “Andromeda’s Black Hole is Winking at Us”