Cosmology

Space Pulsars or dark matter? The Milky Way’s central glow just got more puzzling

New simulations by Johns Hopkins University suggest dark matter, not pulsars, may explain the Milky Way’s mysterious gamma-ray glow.

Space Rare black hole-star merger creates the longest gamma-ray burst ever Joshua Shavit

Space Astronomers spot a black hole ripping apart a star outside a galaxy’s center Joseph Shavit

Space Citizen scientists help spot massive ring-shaped radio galaxies Joseph Shavit

Space JWST detects phosphine gas in the atmosphere of brown dwarf star, stunning astronomers Joshua Shavit

Space Solar tornadoes: New findings reveal hidden twists in solar storms that threaten Earth Joseph Shavit

Space Astronomers detect million-solar-mass object in distant universe Joseph Shavit

Space Astronomers capture first-ever image of two black holes orbiting each other Joshua Shavit

Space How black holes generate massive magnetic and particle-driven jets Mac Oliveau

Space Dark matter may end our universe in a ‘Big Crunch’Joshua Shavit

Space The asteroid belt is slowly vanishing, shedding dust and rocks Joseph Shavit

Space Rogue planet caught in massive growth spurt, shocking astronomers Mac Oliveau

Space Dark matter and dark energy may not exist, new research finds Joshua Shavit

Space The universe was already warm before the first stars lit the sky Joseph Shavit

Space A wormhole from another universe? Scientists revisit the puzzling black hole GW190521 Joshua Shavit

Space Runaway black hole defies growth limit, expands at record rate Joseph Shavit

Space Scientists solve mystery of the fastest stars in the galaxy