Artist impression of a black hole accretion. Credit: John A. Paice, johnapaice.com A team of astronomers led by the University of Southampton has uncovered the largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed.…
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Researchers find new approach to explore earliest universe dynamics with gravitational waves
by Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The University of Tokyo Schematic of the inflaton field fragmented into oscillons, with superimposed gravitational waves. Credit: Kavli IPMU,…
Sun, Moon and Earth aligned: 2023 total eclipse at sea, what it was like to witness it
The fascinating story about witnessing the 2023 total eclipse at sea, off the coast of Australia. As the Co-Director of Swinburne’s Space Technology and Industry Institute, I can apply my…
Modeling of energetic neutral atoms to study solar flares and coronal mass ejections
This schematic diagram illustrates the two acceleration sites of ions in large solar energetic particle (SEP) events: flares and CME-driven shocks. Once produced, energetic ions can propagate along open interplanetary…
Networking infrastructure for satellite constellations, through a new partnership
The race is on to provide high speed satellite internet to the Earth’s most remote areas. New tech companies such as Starlink, One Web, and Amazon’s Kuiper are competing with…
Aliens could soon detect life on Earth
New research suggests that aliens on nearby stars could detect Earth through radio signals leaked from the planet. Radiotelescope – illustrative photo. Image credit: Brenton Pearce via Unsplash, free license…
Astronomers claim to have solved mystery of the runaway supermassive black hole
Above: Image of the object observed with the Hubble Space Telescope. It shows the emission in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum. Middle: Ultraviolet image of a local galaxy without…
Mysterious Origins of Martian Meteorites
In August 1865, a 10-pound Martian rock fell from space to Earth, landing with a bang in the remote village of Sherghati, India. After being recovered by witnesses to the…
Virgin to launch commercial spaceflights in June
The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo space plane Unity and mothership after taking off from New Mexico in July 2021. Space tourism company Virgin Galactic announced Monday that it is resuming flights…
The Bizarre Behavior of Black Holes
A Cosmic Chirp Many black holes are found in pairs that orbit each other like ice dancers. Eventually they collide, merge, and coalesce into one giant body. The National Science…
