This black hole merger animation was created using data collected by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors, an ...

A machine learning method has the potential to revolutionize multi-messenger astronomy. Detecting binary neutron star mergers ...

Researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, private companies, and academic institutions are ...

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Ansky was first seen erupting in 2019, with bursts of X-ray light from February 2024. These repeated at almost regular ...

A previously inactive supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy SDSS1335+0728, located around 300 million ...

A distant galaxy that lay quiet for decades has suddenly stirred, lighting up in dramatic bursts that have caught astronomers ...

After years of observation, researchers concluded that the sudden changes in the galaxy were likely caused by its black hole ...

Astronomers are investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of X-rays seen from a newly awakened black hole. Watching this strange behavior unfold in real time offers a unique opportunity to ...

We all know that black holes can devour stars, rip them apart and consume their remnants. But that only happens if a star ...

IFLScience traveled to CERN to get an exclusive insight into the crucial theory of particle physics, its limitations, and ...