Two Stars heading for enormous Catastrophe
VLT finds hottest and most massive touching double star, heading for enormous catastrophe.
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First Generation Stars in the Universe
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have discovered by far the brightest galaxy yet found in the early Universe.
Gigantic Black Hole 12 billion times more massive than our Sun
A gigantic black hole at the heart of the brightest quasar in the early universe discovered, 12 billion times more massive than our sun.
How many Black Holes are there in the Universe?
How many Black Holes are out there in the Universe? Many… There are 40 billion billions!
UGC 1810- wildly Interacting Galaxy
The featured spiral galaxy is labelled UGC 1810 by itself, but together with its collisional partner is known as Arp 273.
Eagle Nebula Pillars sonified
In the featured video, listen for stars and dust sounding off the famous Eagle nebula, as the line of sonification moves left to right, with vertical position
Astronomers have detected the strongest Magnetic Field ever
Astronomers directly detected by X-ray space observatory, strongest magnetic field in Universe.
Unexpected Black Holes Collide
The two black holes that spiraled together to produce the gravitational wave event GW190521 were the most massive black holes ever seen by LIGO and VIRGO so
A Brilliant Cosmic Baby is discovered
Born from an exploded star, the infant magnetar belongs to a family of extreme objects called neutron stars. Its discovery may lend insight into these strange phenomena.
Signal coming from deep Space every 157 Days
An international team led by Jodrell Bank astronomers reveals 157 day cycle in unusual cosmic radio bursts.