Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Universe

Scientists discovered one of the biggest black holes ever found

An object over 30 billion times the mass of our Sun.

The search for the missing gravitational signal

A new SISSA study proposes an array of interferometers in space.

NASA’S JWST measures the temperature of a rocky exoplanet

An international team of researchers has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to measure the temperature of the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b. The...

AI uncovered a secret equation for weighing galaxy clusters

A better way to estimate the mass of colossal clusters of galaxies.

The first stars were not alone

The first quantitative constraint is based on observations of the multiplicity of the first stars.

Webb spotted silicate cloud features in a remote planet’s atmosphere

Researchers observing with the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed silicate cloud features in a distant planet’s atmosphere. The atmosphere is constantly rising,...

Scientific first: Physicists detected neutrinos created by a particle collider

Discovery promises to help physicists understand the nature of the universe’s most abundant particle.

A series of simulations offer a new perspective on the Universe’s structure

The distribution of galaxies in the universe is quite different.

World-first experimental wormhole to help unravel the deepest mysteries of the universe

One of the first practical applications of the much-hyped but little-used quantum computing technology.

Webb captures rarely seen prelude to a supernova

A Wolf-Rayet star is a rare prelude to the famous final act of a massive star: the supernova. As one of its first observations...

Polarised shock waves shake the Universe’s cosmic web

Tantalising evidence of magnetic fields in the universe’s largest cosmic structures.

Water on Earth is even older than our Sun

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have detected gaseous water in the planet-forming disc around the star V883 Orionis. This water carries...

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