3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (477+ words) When two black holes find each other in the vastness of space, they can form a binary odd couple—and it’s more common than researchers expected. Scientists think most black holes are born when a star dies and its core…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (137+ words) The ALMA radio telescope in Chile has measured an unusually high methanol content in the coma of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, among the highest ever recorded in any comet. The ratio of methanol to hydrogen cyanide came out at roughly 70 on…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (28+ words) UK astronomers have uncovered new clues about the origin of 3I/Atlas – only the third known object from beyond our Solar System ever spotted in our cosmic neighbourhood....

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (454+ words) UK astronomers have uncovered new clues about the origins of 3I/ATLAS, only the third confirmed interstellar object ever detected, finding that the comet likely formed in an exceptionally cold environment far from its parent star. The findings, published in Monthly…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (262+ words) Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS contains exceptionally high levels of methanol, suggesting it formed under conditions very different from those that shaped most comets in our solar system. ALMA also revealed that tiny icy grains around the comet are releasing methanol like…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (417+ words) starlust.org New study reveals fresh clues about the mysterious origin of comet 3I/ATLAS Only three interstellar visitors have ever been confirmed passing through our solar system. One of them is 3I/ATLAS, which was first spotted by the ATLAS survey…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (694+ words) UK astronomers have uncovered new clues about the origin of 3I/Atlas – only the third known object from beyond our Solar System ever spotted in our cosmic neighbourhood. In a new paper published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (403+ words) Scientists have proposed a new exotic mechanism for the formation of low-mass black holes. They may exist inside massive stars if dark matter gets inside them. In this case, their existence is sustained by the gravity of the star. Black…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (161+ words) Each of the quiet black holes we've discovered this way has a small stellar companion. This means that in the past these were asymmetrical binaries, meaning that one of the stars was much larger than the other. The remnants of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (821+ words) A quasar is a distant galaxy with a brilliant active centre. Here is how a feeding supermassive black hole can outshine every star around it. What is a quasar? The short answer is a distant galaxy with an extraordinarily bright…...