If you squeeze enough stuff into one place, space-time itself will contract in a sweet cosmic kiss known as a black hole. As far as Einstein’s sums go, that “stuff” includes the massless glow of electromagnetic radiation. Given E = mc2which describes the equivalence between mass and energy, the energy of light itself should – … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked trusted source proofread OK! by Chris Packham, Phys.org Reconstruction of Lokiceratops in the 78-million-year-old swamps of northern Montana, as two Probrachylophosaurus move by in the background. Credit: Fabrizio Lavezzi × close to Reconstruction of Lokiceratops in the 78-million-year-old swamps of northern Montana, as two Probrachylophosaurus move … Read more
Reconstruction of Lokiceratops in the 78-million-year-old swamps of northern Montana, as two Probrachylophosaurus move by in the background. Credit: Fabrizio Lavezzi What have scientists done this week? Exactly four things, all of which are summarized below. ‘This sweet baby could hold 4.3 million suns’ Supermassive black holes: how do they get so big? This simple … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Artist’s impression of the bright core region of a quasar, an active galaxy. The supermassive black hole at the center is surrounded by a bright disk of gas and dust. The dust component further out can obscure the view of … Read more
Artist’s impression of the bright core region of a quasar, an active galaxy. The supermassive black hole at the center is surrounded by a bright disk of gas and dust. The dust component further out can obscure the view of the interior and shines mainly in the mid-infrared region, light that can be analyzed by … Read more
What you need to know Black Myth: Wukong is an upcoming action-adventure title from Game Science. Based on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, Black Myth: Wukong’s spectacular visuals and tight combat are highly anticipated. Unfortunately, the Xbox version of the game was “delayed due to optimizations” to an unknown date on June … Read more
If we want to one day explore the galaxy (let alone the rest of the universe), we have a speed problem. In late 2023, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe reached the fastest speed ever achieved by a man-made object, clocking in at 635,266 kilometers (394,736 miles) per hour. While impressive, that’s only 0.059 percent of the … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — Astronomers are witnessing a never-before-seen spectacle in the cosmos: the awakening of a supermassive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy. End of 2019 a team of astronomers have noted an … Read more
M. Kornmesser/ESO An artist’s illustration shows a massive black hole awakening at the center of a distant galaxy. The black hole pulls in a growing disk of material as it feeds on surrounding gas, making the galaxy brighter. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific … Read more
In December 2019, astronomers were stunned when the core of a relatively quiet galaxy 300 million light-years away abruptly lit up like a Christmas tree and shone brighter than we’ve ever seen it. A giant black hole that accelerated and started slurping material from the space around it is the best explanation for such a … Read more