There’s a cluster of stars near the Milky Way’s center whose distribution and age puzzles scientists. Could an intermediate-mass black hole be the light that reveals the mystery?
Dr. Phil Plait takes us on a tour of his favorite spots in the galaxy in his new book, titled “Under Alien Skies” – here’s what we thought!
Have any gravitational wave signals been scrambled? Today’s authors search for this beyond-general relativity effect.
In today’s paper: the sensitivity and power of JWST has allowed scientists to discover signs of at least two, if not three, unknown companions to NGC 3132’s central star!
Today’s authors challenge what you think a supernova remnant looks like with their discovery!
Will it merge? That is the question. Today’s paper looks at if the gas disk around a black hole binary will cause the binary to eventually coalesce