To further understand the phenomenon, precise measurements of the energy spectra of various cosmic ray species and their respective "knee" regions are essential. However, due to the rarity of cosmic ...

Milestone results released by the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) on November 16 have solved a ...

Science is so much more than equations and theories; it carries wonder, and curiosity is the key that unlocks it.

Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes "have determined that a giant black hole has destroyed a ...

New data reveals black hole jets can accelerate at speeds defying all physical laws, leaving astronomers without a clear ...

If this new model of the universe is right, there were boson stars and cannibal stars hundreds of millions of years before ...

Two distant black hole mergers detected in late 2024 have emitted powerful gravitational waves that matched predictions made over a century ago by Albert Einstein.

Researchers are uncovering the origins of cosmic rays, linking them to mysterious cosmic accelerators called PeVatrons New research from astrophysicists at Michigan State University may bring scientis ...

The black hole was bigger than expected, and while the answer was hiding in plain sight, it still rewrites what we thought ...

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called ...

A comprehensive set of simulations by Flatiron Institute astrophysicists and their colleagues revealed that magnetic fields are responsible for creating black holes with masses in a range previously ...

The recent test, announced by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) today, mark a significant milestone of the GRAVITY+ project, a complex upgrade to ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) ...