astrophysics
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Famous Nebula Produces Highest-Energy Light Ever Observed
A telescope in Tibet consisting of plastic detectors and underground water vat observed the highest-energy light yet – and it came from one of the most famous light sources in the sky.
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Wild Observation Shows White Dwarf Stars Merging Into Something New
Astronomers have observed evidence of a hot, spinning star blasting winds outwards at 16,093km per second, which seemed to have formed from a relatively recent collision of white dwarf stars. It’s some of the clearest evidence to date of these stars colliding and merging.
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Gravitational Wave Detectors May Have Spotted A Neutron Star Colliding With A Black Hole
A pair of objects, each more massive than the Sun but only as wide as a city, have once again produced ripples in spacetime that were picked up by sensitive gravitational wave detectors on Earth. But this time, scientists think they may have measured something even weirder the usual.
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This Tiny Little Star Made A Surprisingly Big Sparkle
Scientists spotted a superflare larger than some of the hugest solar storms on record — from what seems to be a tiny, almost Jupiter-sized star.