Why does light carry energy even though it has no mass? This video explains the real physics behind photons, energy–momentum ...
In any other year, the supermassive black hole mentioned above would probably scoop the award for most striking outburst, but not in 2025. This year, that accolade goes to a flare designated ...
Nothing with mass can travel faster than light — and black holes don’t change that. But around rotating black holes exists a ...
A supermassive black hole that’s 10 million times the mass of the Sun is hurtling through space, leaving a trail of gas ...
Physicists at the Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope Initiative, KM3NeT, built a cathedral of glass spheres that listens for ...
Every now and again, a stellar object is caught zooming across space like a white rabbit, extremely late for a very important date.
Astronomers have made a truly mind-boggling discovery using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): a runaway black hole 10 ...
A new self-assembly platform produces synthetic brochosomes at over 100,000 per second, enabling scalable antireflective, ...
A sudden X-ray flare from a supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 3783 triggered ultra-fast winds racing outward at a fifth the speed of light—an event never witnessed before. Using XMM-Newton and ...
Advent is a season filled with rich Catholic traditions, but a slightly lesser-known one is growing in popularity among younger Catholics. The ancient liturgy of the Rorate Caeli Advent Mass honors ...
Scientists say they've spotted the first runaway supermassive black hole that's rocketing away from its home at a staggering speed.
Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.