Massive stars, typically around eight times more massive than our Sun, undergo spectacular explosions known as supernovae at the end of their lives. These explosions,… Read More »Massive Star Collapses Directly into Black Hole Without Supernova
New research led by the U.S. National Science Foundation’s National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) has uncovered new insights into the possible presence of… Read More »Scientists Uncover Evidence of Solar Polar Vortices
An international team of astronomers has recently conducted an in-depth study of the long-term evolution of quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) originating from a source known as… Read More »Stable Supermassive Black Hole Eruptions
Magnetic reconnection is a crucial phenomenon in plasma physics, where magnetic energy is rapidly converted into plasma kinetic and thermal energy. This process plays a… Read More »Scientists Uncover the Origin of Current Sheets in Magnetic Reconnection
Researchers studying the Orion Nebula have made strides toward solving the mystery of how massive binary objects with planetary mass, known as JuMBOs (Jupiter-mass binary… Read More »Researchers Uncover the Secrets Behind the Formation of JuMBOs
Why the universe’s expansion is accelerating remains a profound mystery in physics. Since its discovery over 25 years ago, scientists have struggled to explain what… Read More »Scientists Question Einstein’s Theory of Gravity on Cosmic Scales
The Hubble Classification, also known as the Hubble Sequence, is a widely recognized method for systematically categorizing galaxy morphology. Galaxies are classified into elliptical, lenticular,… Read More »Rare Triple-Ring Galaxy Discovered
A team of astrophysicists, led by scholars from the Institute for Advanced Study, has developed an innovative technique to search for black hole light echoes.… Read More »Scientists Develop New Method to Measure Black Hole Mass and Spin
An international team of astronomers, using the advanced capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), has made… Read More »Astronomers Uncover a Massive, Rotating Galaxy in the Early Universe
When considering the potential for life on exoplanets, we often start with the concept of a “habitable zone”—the area around a star where conditions might… Read More »The Impact of Stellar Neighborhoods on Planetary Habitability