A recent article published in Nature Astronomy details evidence that some white dwarfs stay warmer for longer due to the … More
Category: The Universe
Centaurus A: Our neighbour in the process of merging
NOIRLab recently released the above new photo of Centaurus A: The galaxy Centaurus A, which lies over 12 million light-years … More
A supernova from a merger with a black hole or neutron star
From EurekAlert: Astronomers have found dramatic evidence that a black hole or neutron star spiraled its way into the core … More
New all-sky map shows the trail left by the Large Magellanic Cloud
Astronomers recently released the above map of the Milky Way’s furthest reaches — the galactic halo. The band across the … More
Giant Radio Pulses: Now Available in X-Rays
Six and a half thousand light years away is the dense remnant of a supernova. It’s the size of a … More
A Black Hole Feeding on an Ageing Star Powers a Mysterious Microquasar
A new paper by Qin Han and Xiang-Dong Li of Nanjing University, due to be published in the Astrophysical Journal, … More
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
