A team of astrophysicists that includes the University of Toronto’s Gonzalo Alonso-Álvarez has shown that pairs of supermassive black holes can merge together into a single, larger black hole – a major…
Category: Astronomy
Radio astronomers and satellite internet provider develop new sky-sharing system
New techniques developed by the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) and SpaceX enable radio astronomy telescopes to operate without interference from satellite transmissions. The techniques…
What Boeing Starliner astronauts are doing on ISS as NASA works on their ride home
Boeing Starliner’s two NASA astronauts have been busy in space since arriving two months ago on the first-ever crewed Starliner mission. While astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were expected…
India launching Earth-observing satellite tonight on 3rd mission of new rocket
India plans to launch an advanced Earth-observing satellite tonight (Aug. 15), on the third-ever mission of its new SSLV rocket. The Indian Space Research Organisation’s EOS-08 spacecraft is scheduled to…
New astrophysics research supports the existence of an unknown influence
A University of California, Riverside study has expanded our knowledge of the universe’s structure and supports the existence of a new physical effect, such as a particle that has never been observed…
Lego Technic planet earth and moon in orbit review
Essential info: Price: $74.99/£69.99 Model number: 42179 Number of pieces: 526 Dimensions (inches): 9 (H) x 12.5 (L) x 7 (W) Recommended age: 10+ The Lego Technic planet earth and…
DTU-built equipment finds signs of biological life on Mars
The Perseverance Mars rover has found an intriguing rock that is the most promising sign yet that microorganisms—and thus biological life—once existed on Mars. The rover used a camera system…
How can we build landing and launch pads on the moon?
If the future unfolds like some experts forecast, the moon is going to be one bustling spaceport. Vehicles will routinely blast in and rocket off the lunar surface, part of…
Moore group develops innovative technique to detect elusive particles
A new publication led by Yale Applied Physics graduate student Jiaxiang Wang in “Physical Review Letters” called “Mechanical Detection of Nuclear Decays” explains the result. Other members of the group who contributed to…
Using small black holes to find big black holes
Scientists have developed a new method for detecting supermassive binary black holes, pairs of the largest kind of black holes in the Universe and located at the very centre of…
