The Solar Cycle sees our Sun alternate between phases of tempest and tranquility driven by its magnetic field roughly every 11 years. It has been difficult to measure the magnetic strength when the Sun goes silent – until now.
One of the most important observations by the next generation of giant telescopes will be made by pointing towards the Supermassive Black Hole at the center of our galaxy.
Astronomers have caught the first directly-imaged exoplanet gravitationally tugging at its host star – thereby revealing its own weight.
More than 3 years since GW170817, Astronomers have reported the latest updates coming from the post-merger kilonova as seen through X-ray and Radio telescopes.
Gravitational lensing can bend gravitational waves too! Do any of the recent LIGO-Virgo detections show evidence of lensing? Find out…