Scientists set to unveil first picture of a black hole
The world, it seems, is soon to see the first picture of a black hole.
Astronomy
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News tagged with gravitational pull
The sun won't die for 5 billion years, so why do humans have only 1 billion years left on Earth?
In a few billion years, the sun will become a red giant so large that it will engulf our planet. But the Earth will become uninhabitable much sooner than that. After about a billion years the sun will become hot enough to ...
Astronomy
Feb 13, 2015
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International study suggests a massive black hole exists in the Sword of Orion
(Phys.org)—An international team of astrophysicists, including UQ's Dr Holger Baumgardt, has shed light on the long-standing mystery of the binding force behind a cluster of unruly and rapidly swirling stars located in ...
Astronomy
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New Hubble data suggests there is an ingredient missing from current dark matter theories
Observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile have found that something may be missing from the theories of how dark matter behaves. This missing ...
Astronomy
Sep 10, 2020
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Image: Hubble views a faraway galaxy through a cosmic lens
The center of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is framed by the tell-tale arcs that result from strong gravitational lensing, a striking astronomical phenomenon which can warp, magnify, or even duplicate ...
Astronomy
Jul 24, 2021
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The most spectacular celestial vision you'll never see
Contrary to previous thought, a gigantic planet in wild orbit does not preclude the presence of an Earth-like planet in the same solar system—or life on that planet.
Astronomy
Nov 05, 2019
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Scientists set to reveal first true image of black hole
The world is finally about to see a black hole—not an artist's impression or a computer-generated likeness, but the real thing.
Astronomy
Apr 10, 2019
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Dark matter may not actually exist – and our alternative theory can be put to the test
Scientists have been searching for "dark matter" – an unknown and invisible substance thought to make up the vast majority of matter in the universe – for nearly a century. The reason for this persistence is that dark ...
Astronomy
Jan 31, 2019
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'Cotton candy' planet mysteries unravel in new Hubble observations
"Super-Puffs" may sound like a new breakfast cereal. But it's actually the nickname for a unique and rare class of young exoplanets that have the density of cotton candy. Nothing like them exists in our solar system.
Astronomy
Dec 19, 2019
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Study of Uranus suggests some of its moons are on a collision course
(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers, two with the University of Idaho, the other with Wellesley College, has found evidence suggesting that two pairs of Uranus's moons are on a collision course. Robert Chancia, Matthew Hedman ...
