Scientists discover what lurks inside a black hole
The black hole’s gravity, which exists in three dimensions, mathematically connects to the particles dancing above it, which exist in 2D.
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Joseph Shavit
- May 26
New discovery about distant galaxies: Stars are heavier than we thought
The Andromeda galaxy, our Milky Way's closest neighbor, is the most distant object in the sky that you can see with your unaided eye.
Joseph Shavit
- May 23
Ghostly ‘mirror world’ key to solving a major cosmic puzzle
New research suggests an unseen ‘mirror world’ of particles might be the key to solving a major puzzle in cosmology – the Hubble constant.
Joseph Shavit
- May 20
Researchers use galaxy as a ‘cosmic telescope’ to study the universe
A unique new instrument, coupled with a powerful telescope and a little help from nature, enables scientists to peer into galactic nurseries
Joseph Shavit
- May 13
First image of the gigantic black hole at the heart of our galaxy
As astronomers look out at the distant cosmos, it’s only natural that they would also look inward, to the center of our own Milky Way.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 23
Scientists Plan to Store DNA on The Moon!
The ambitious project aims to preserve humankind – and animal-kind, plant-kind and fungi-kind – in the event of a global crisis.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 21
What is Dark Data and what can Dark Energy teach us about it?
The more humanity tries to do more with data, the more it’s evident that the most urgent questions won’t get answered easily.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 15
Astronomers discover a new type of star covered in helium burning ashes
A team of German astronomers have discovered a strange new type of star covered in the by-product of helium burning.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 14
The true nature of dark matter and ordinary matter interactions
A new study suggests the existence of a direct interaction between the elementary particles that make up the dark matter and ordinary matter
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 7
First ever "rogue" black hole found roaming through interstellar space
Researchers have confirmed that a possible microlensing event witnessed in 2011 was due to the presence of a rogue black hole.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 27
Scientists uncover how close you can get to a black hole?
Physicists looked at specific features of light to figure out the closest you can get to a black hole without having to prevent disaster.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 27
Astronomers discover mysterious object unlike anything they have seen before
Scientists found something unusual that releases a giant burst of energy 3 times an hour, and unlike anything astronomers have seen before.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 23
MIT physicists first to detect exotic 'X' particles from the 'Big Bang'
In the chaos before the Big Bang cooled, a fraction of the quarks and gluons collided randomly to form short-lived "X" particles.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 18
There are 40 billion billions of black holes in the universe
How many black holes are out there in the Universe? This is one of the most relevant and pressing questions in modern cosmology.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 15
New study sheds light on origins of life on Earth
Researchers discovered the structures of proteins that may be responsible for the origins of life in the primordial soup of ancient Earth.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 13
1,000-light-year wide bubble surrounding Earth is source of all nearby, young stars
The Earth sits in a 1,000-light-year-wide void surrounded by thousands of young stars — but how did those stars form?
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 10
Remarkable link between the number of supernovae and life on Earth discovered
Evidence demonstrates a close connection between the fraction of organic matter buried in sediments and changes in supernovae occurrence.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 12, 2021
Is Europe entering a golden age of astronomy?
Groundbreaking discoveries about gravitational waves, black holes, cosmic rays, neutrinos and other areas may soon become more frequent.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 12, 2021
A young, sun-like star may hold warnings for life on Earth
Astronomers spying on a stellar system located dozens of lightyears from Earth have, for the first time, observed a troubling fireworks show
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 27, 2021
Scientists fling model stars at a virtual black hole to see who survives
Watch as eight stars skirt a black hole 1 million times the mass of the Sun in these supercomputer simulations.