A new paper by Qin Han and Xiang-Dong Li of Nanjing University, due to be published in the Astrophysical Journal, … More
Category: The Universe
ESO Sees a Star’s Orbit Precess Around a Supermassive Black Hole
The European Southern Observatory has observed the way a star’s orbit changes as it circles the supermassive black hole at … More
Why astronomers are excited about repeating fast radio bursts
The CHIME telescope in Canada recently detected eight new repeating fast radio bursts. This is huge news! It brings the … More
Not all gravitational waves start with a bang
You’ve probably heard of gravitational waves. They’ve been in the news a lot recently because of two experiments called LIGO … More