• A Black Hole Tore a Star to Pieces. The Closest We’ve Ever Seen.

    Updated: 2023-04-30 11:20:00
    . . Skip to content Universe Today Space and astronomy news Menu Videos Newsletter Podcast Contact Us Support Us Log in This artist's illustration depicts what astronomers call a tidal disruption event , or TDE , when an object such as a star wanders too close to a black hole and is destroyed by tidal forces generated from the black hole's intense gravitational forces . Credit : NASA CXC . M.Weiss Posted on April 30, 2023 April 30, 2023 by Carolyn Collins Petersen A Black Hole Tore a Star to Pieces . The Closest We’ve Ever . Seen We all know that black holes are destructive monsters . Their tremendous gravitational pull sucks in anything that gets in the way . This is particularly true for supermassive black holes in the hearts of galaxies . They can tear apart stars . And , every so

  • These Stars are Already Merging, but Their Future Will Be Catastrophic

    Updated: 2023-04-29 15:01:06
    Two stars are in the process of merging, but they will become black holes before they do. The post These Stars are Already Merging, but Their Future Will Be Catastrophic appeared first on Universe Today.

  • Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson On His Life Influences and 'Starry Messenger'

    Updated: 2023-04-24 13:00:00
    Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses his new book 'Starry Messenger,' the influential 2001: A Space Odyssey, Carl Sagan and why he says the Universe chose him.

  • Astronomers Discover Fast Radio Bursts That Skewer Nearby Galaxy

    Updated: 2023-04-12 05:00:00
    Credit: ASTRON/Futselaar/van Leeuwen ASTRON press release Based on the article "The Apertif Radio Transient System (ARTS): Design, commissioning, data release, and detection of the first five fast radio bursts", by J. an eeuwen et al. Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023, 672, A117

  • The Sun is a normal star after all

    Updated: 2023-04-06 05:00:00
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  • The measurement that changes our understanding of the Universe

    Updated: 2023-04-04 05:00:00
    EPFL press release Based on the article "A 0.9% calibration of the Galactic Cepheid luminosity scale based on Gaia DR3 data of open clusters and Cepheids", by M. ruz eyes et al. Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023, 672, A85

  • New evidence for the nature of matter from ancient galaxies in the early Universe

    Updated: 2023-04-03 05:00:00
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