GW231123 defies our best models of stellar collapse, hosting two black holes that shouldn’t exist. A new paper proposes a radical solution: these monsters may have been born in the early universe as primordial black holes, quietly feeding for billions of years until they became the record-breakers we detected today.
Literally and figuratively, Australia is closing its eyes to the future of astronomy. Where does that leave its next generation of students?
Ever been confused by a plot online or in a paper? This post decodes the secret language of astrophysics plots so you can finally read the universe like a pro.
There is a tradition in Astronomy to post silly science papers to the arXiv on Aprils Fools day. We’ve collected them all for 2026 and provided some “peer review”.
So we have a pretty good idea of how old the Universe is right? Well according to JWST data, maybe not? Rest assured, today’s bite gets to the bottom of the debate.