Gravitational Waves from A Neutron Star Merger Shake the Earth and Astrophysics
Big News! Astrophysics receives a gift. Interferometers at LIGO and Virgo detected gravitational waves coming from two neutron stars…
Category: Astrophysics
The Sleeping Giant in a Small Town
Astronomers have uncovered a supermassive black hole, weighing 17 billion suns, in the middle of nowhere. This nearly record-breaking…
Two Black Holes Made a Mega Black Hole!
1.76 billion light years away, two black holes smashed into one another, bearing one huge black hole the size of 53 suns. The explosion from…
Tumbleweeds Interrupt the Discovery of Black Holes
“How moving!” is what the Earth would say when it comes into contact with gravitational waves. Albert Einstein’s general theory of…
Have we finally found dark matter?
There is overwhelming evidence to support the existence of dark matter, but its existence is still a mystery to physicists. A method called…
What Makes a Universe Habitable?
If there are multiple universes, which of them are capable of harboring life and why? A physicist comes up with a number, and that number is…
The Sun is Hiding Extra Light and Energy from Us!
Our Sun is the nearest star to us. We have worshipped it, bathed in its light, and, of course, studied it. Scientists regularly use our Sun…
Was it inevitable that humans would develop math?
Have you ever thought about why is it possible to understand the universe and why are we even here to understand it? Sarah Imari Walker…
Why is the Sun Yellow?
Jacob Haqq-Misra, Ravi Kopparapu, and Eric Wolf attempt to address this question in a recent paper titled "Why do we find ourselves around a…
Why Does Mars Have Such a Thin Atmosphere?
A Coronal Mass Ejection means that the corona, a layer of the sun, explodes, ejecting particles into space. Supernova cosmic rays or…