Monster Black Hole the Size of 20 Billion Suns Discovered, and It’s Growing
Astronomers using cutting-edge skywatching devices have identified an extremely fast-growing black hole, cataloging it as a ‘monster’ that eats the mass equivalent of our sun every two days. Astronomers with the Australian National University (ANU) have discovered the fastest-growing black hole in the known universe, a super-massive celestial object some 12 billion light years distant, thought to be at least … Continue reading
Mysterious Asteroid Captured From Other Star System Orbiting Jupiter in Reverse
A new study has discovered the first known permanent immigrant to our solar system. The asteroid, currently nestling in Jupiter’s orbit, is the first known asteroid to have been captured from another star system. The new work is published in the peer-reviewed Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. The object known as ‘Oumuamua was the last interstellar interloper to hit … Continue reading
Discovery of Solar System Object Provides Further Evidence of a Hidden Planet Nine
A strange dwarf world was found by astronomers providing even more evidence that a giant planet is lurking at the edge of our solar system. There might be a large planet lurking somewhere at the very edge of our solar system, and astronomers are hunting for it. While they have yet to find direct evidence of the planet, a recent … Continue reading
Multiple Rogue Stars Seen Zooming Through Our Galaxy
At least two intergalactic interlopers are hurtling through our galaxy at more than 700 kilometres per second. These stars from outside the Milky Way are among almost 30 runaways that have been spotted in a treasure trove of data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite mission. The Gaia satellite has been charting the stars for years in an effort … Continue reading
Asteroid 2010 WC9 Will Pass Between Earth and the Moon in Close Approach… TODAY!
Last night in Australia, near-Earth asteroid 2010 WC9 glided silently across the starry sky of Brisbane while the city’s residents slept. Well… not every resident slept. Amateur astronomer Dennis Simmons was wide awake and recorded the flyby: “The asteroid moved rapidly through the constellation Hercules shining about as brightly as a 15th magnitude star,” says Simmons. “The ‘wobbly’ appearance of … Continue reading
A Rogue Star Hurtling Towards Our Solar System Will Arrive Sooner Than We Calculated
Not soon enough I say. via Science Alert: According to new calculations, we may have a little less time to prepare for a star on course to kiss the edges of our Solar System. Yep. Dwarf star Gliese 710, which we’ve known about for some time, could now arrive in 1.29 million years, instead of the previously calculated 1.36 million … Continue reading
Earth’s Orbit is Affected by Gravity of Jupiter and Venus, Study Confirms
Every 405,000 years, gravitational tugs from Jupiter and Venus slightly elongate Earth’s orbit, an amazingly consistent pattern that has influenced our planet’s climate for at least 215 million years and allows scientists to more precisely date geological events like the spread of dinosaurs, according to a Rutgers-led study. The findings are published online today in the Proceedings of the National … Continue reading
Merging of 14 Galaxies Could Become The Most Massive Structure in Our Universe
Peering billions of light-years back to when the Universe was just 10 percent of its current age, astronomers have spotted a colossal pile-up: 14 young, starbursting galaxies merging into one of the most massive structures in the Universe. Using some of the most powerful telescopes in operation today, an international research team discovered the extremely dense concentration of hot galaxies … Continue reading
Something is Hiding Beyond Pluto at the Edge of Our Solar System, the Math Proves it
No, it’s not Pluto. Unfortunately for die-hard astronomy fans, Pluto is still languishing in its dwarf planet classification, and now it may become replaced by an even more distant planet, hidden somewhere in the mysterious Kuiper Belt. The supposed planet, creatively nicknamed Planet Nine, has not been proven to exist yet, but astronomers have a wealth of data that points … Continue reading
Astronomers Detect the Fastest Burst of Radio Waves From Space Yet
We like to think we know a lot about space. We can identify the chemical composition of an exoplanet’s atmosphere from light-years away, simulate conditions on an alien planet, and we almost figured out time travel using black holes. All of that only scratches the surface, though-we still don’t know what dark matter is, if there’s alien life out there, … Continue reading
