Tag: space
Interstellar comets like Borisov may not be all that rare
Astronomers calculate that the Oort Cloud may be home to more visiting objects than objects that belong to our solar system.
In 2019, astronomers spotted...
The light-bending dance of binary black holes
A binary black holes is a pair of orbiting black holes millions of times the Sun's mass perform a hypnotic pas de deux in...
Telescopes unite in unprecedented observations of famous black hole
In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in galaxy M87 using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable...
From stardust to pale blue dot: Carbon’s interstellar journey to Earth
Carbon on Earth, the ultimate journey. We are made of stardust, the saying goes, and a pair of studies including University of Michigan research...
‘Mosh pits’ in star clusters a likely source of LIGO’s first...
Northwestern University astrophysicists have predicted history. In a new study, the scientists show their theoretical predictions last year were correct: The historic merger of...
Life’s first handshake: Chiral molecule detected in interstellar space
Scientists applaud the first detection of a "handed" molecule, (propylene oxide) in interstellar space. It was detected, primarily with the NSF's Green Bank Telescope,...
