Astrophysics

Space Astronomers watch a supermassive black hole X-ray flare ignite an ultra-fast galactic wind

European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton and XRISM watched a black hole flare spark ultra-fast winds in NGC 3783 within a day.

Space Astronomers discover spacetime drag around a supermassive black hole — as predicted by Einstein Joseph Shavit

Space Neutrinos may explain why anything exists at all, study finds Joshua Shavit

Space After nearly a century of looking, researchers may have finally detected dark matter Joshua Shavit

Space New analysis challenges Einstein’s theory on the speed of light Joseph Shavit

Space Our solar system is moving through space 3x faster than expected Joseph Shavit

Space Astronomers reveal what happened less than a second after the Big Bang Joseph Shavit

Space Dark matter obeys the same cosmic rules as ordinary matter, study finds Joseph Shavit

Space Our universe may have been born inside a black hole, study finds Joseph Shavit

Space Two new black hole collisions confirm Einstein’s theory with record precision Joseph Shavit

Space What happens to matter when it gets sucked into a black hole?Joseph Shavit

Space UChicago astrophysicists believe dark energy may be evolving Joseph Shavit

Space Astronomers find exoplanets are far larger than previously believed

Space Physicists propose the existence of a mirror universe where time runs in reverse

Space New X-ray scans track violent solar winds threatening Earth’s satellites

Space Dark matter particles may live longer than the universe itself, study finds

Space Betelgeuse’s hidden companion star, Siwarha, discovered after a century of mystery