Five Surprising Coincidences in Physics Revealed in Harvard’s Astrophysics Class
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The academic year has just started at Harvard University, and Professor Avi Loeb is teaching “Radiative Processes in Astrophysics.” This…
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Astronomers Unveil Record-Breaking Black Hole Jets Stretching Across the Cosmos
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“This pair of jets is massive—not just in terms of a galaxy or a solar system—but 140 times the diameter…
Exploring the Universe’s Earliest Black Hole Mergers through Future Gravitational Wave Observatories
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The discovery of gravitational waves marked a turning point in astronomy, allowing us to detect and observe the most extreme…
Could Primordial Black Holes Be Hiding in Our Solar System?
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Black holes have long fascinated astronomers, with three distinct types observed across the universe. Stellar-mass black holes emerge from the…
Scientists Recreate Black Hole’s Powerful Particle Jets in Groundbreaking Lab Experiment
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For the first time, scientists have simulated the immense particle jets spewed by supermassive black holes using a laboratory-based experiment…
The Enigma of Dark Matter: 85% of the Universe’s Matter Remains Unseen
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A staggering 85% of the matter in the universe is unaccounted for. Scientists believe that this missing matter is composed…
Scientists See Giant Structure “Hidden” Behind Our Galaxy
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In our quest to explore the universe, we are often surprised by everything that’s out there. Yes, space is massive….
Here is a 554-Million-Pixel Image of the Remnants of a Star
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Using the VLT Survey Telescope, scientists have captured the remains of a giant star. About 11,000 years ago, a massive…
Haumea: This American Football-Shaped World is the Strangest in the Solar System
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NASA scientists have used computer simulations to figure out how the dwarf planet Haumea became one of the most unusual…
Black Hole “throws up” stellar remains 3 years after eating a star
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Four years ago, in October 2018, a small star came too close to a black hole located in a galaxy…
Harvard Astronomer Maintains ‘Oumuamua Was Alien Tech
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Astronomical objects in interstellar space that are not gravitationally bound to stars (such as asteroids, comets, or rogue planets) are…
Advanced Extraterrestrials Could Have Communication Probes Near Earth
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It is possible to enhance communication across interstellar space by harnessing the ability of stars to focus and magnify communications,…
5 Things You Should Know About the First Quadruple Asteroid System
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Astronomers confirmed the first quadruple asteroid in history – this is Elektra from the Main Belt, which has now acquired…
15 Facts About James Webb, Mankind’s Largest Most Complex Space Telescope
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Name and Budget Initially, the telescope bore the short but difficult to pronounce name NGST (Next Generation Space Telescope). In…
Here Are 30 Jaw-Dropping Images Taken By The Hubble Space Telescope
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This is the best of Hubble. On April 24, 1990, NASA launched one of its most successful missions since the…
10 Things Your Should Know About Hot Jupiters
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Before the discovery of Hot Jupiters, no scientist had imagined that such exoplanets could exist. Judging by their given name…
Some Black Holes Might Be Made Of Collapsed Universes
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A new theory proposes that primordial black holes – black holes that formed at the beginning of our universe –…
10 Eerie Sounds Recorded in Space
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For more than 150 years, people have not stopped trying to contact representatives of extraterrestrial civilizations. There is no definitive…
Here’s How Scientists Can Hear the Sound of the Big Bang
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In the very beginning, a divine bass sound echoed in the universe. At least that’s the opinion of physicist John…
What if the Universe Isn’t Real? Glitches in the Cosmos and Even Ghosts Could be Signs of a Simulation
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The idea sounds like science fiction altogether. Nonetheless, the possibility that our universe is a gigantic simulation has been proposed…
Over 36 Intelligent Alien Civilizations Likely Exist in Our Galaxy Alone
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For millennia have humans gazed upon the stars, wondering what else is out there among the distant suns and planets…
Want to Build a Time Machine? Here’s How According to an Astrophysicist
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For anyone interested in building a time machine, here’s how to do it, according to an astrophysicist. A professor of…