Greedy black hole feeds via two spiral arms
Gas is streaming towards the black hole through two spiral arms that are embedded in the disk. These arms feed...
Astro
Cosmic dust could have sparked life on Earth
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research has found that amino acids, the building blocks of life, may have traveled to...
Observations inspect the nature of a newly discovered very faint X-ray transient
EPIC-pn image in the 2–10 keV band of the Galactic center, obtained from the 5 XMM-Newton observations taken in the...
Phosphine discovered in a brown dwarf’s atmosphere for the first time
Artist's concept of a brown dwarf. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Leah Hustak (STScI) Phosphine has caused quite a stir in...
Astronomers uncover collisional signature of filamentary structures in galactic G34 molecular cloud
G34 molecular cloud. Three-color composite image of WISE 3.4 (blue), 12 (green), and 22 µm (red) bands (background). The white...
Could we really turn Mars green?
Credit: NASA Terraforming is the theoretical process of transforming a planet or moon to make it habitable for humans and...
Key ExoMars Rover part ships from Aberystwyth
ENFYS. Credit: Aberystwyth University The search for life on Mars has taken a leap forward, as a key instrument for...
Event Horizon Telescope images reveal new dark matter detection method
Simulated images of the supermassive black hole M87*. Left panel shows radiation from astrophysical plasma and right panel illustrates potential...
Young sunlike star reveals rapid two-year magnetic cycle
Credit: AIP/J. Alvarado-Gómez - STScI/NASA Scientists at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) have uncovered the intricate magnetic heartbeat...
Astronomers discover ultra-luminous infrared galaxy lurking behind quasar
ALMA moment-0 map of the CO J=4–3 line of the new source. Credit: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society...