The Universe looks very different today compared to how it looked 12 billion years ago. Galaxies once ‘hotspots’ where billions of stars … More
Tag: black holes
A pair of ‘dancing’ black holes has been spotted circling each other for the first time
It might seem an unfathomably large distance, but in the scale of the Universe, 24 light years is a mere stone’s … More
Stephen Hawking’s strange law of entropy is making atoms on Earth act like black holes
A bizarre discovery has revealed that cold helium atoms in lab conditions on Earth abide by the same law of … More
Mysterious glowing ‘blob’ 10 million light years away could be hiding a giant black hole
A giant “blob” of gas has been found 10 million light years away – and astronomers are unclear about what … More
Astronomers spot a bizarre black hole that could unlock the secrets of how our galaxy formed
A link between the amount of material that can be seen spewing out of a black hole, and the brightness … More
Planets, black holes, quasars and more: space terms explained
Space is a fascinating place, filled with unimaginably large and complex structures often undergoing dramatic changes. These can teach us … More
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