When a Star and a Binary Meet
What happens in the extreme environments of globular clusters when a star and a binary system meet?
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A Fast Radio Burst Every Second?
How frequently do fast radio busts occur in the observable universe? Two scientists have now developed a new estimate.
ALMA Finds Hints of Early Black-Hole Growth
How did the first supermassive black holes grow alongside their host galaxies in the early universe? New observations from ALMA provide clues.
How a Black Widow Consumes Its Companion
Hanging out in a binary system with a hot millisecond pulsar can be hazardous to your health!
Discovery of a Metal-Poor Little Cub
The discovery of a new galaxy in our local universe, Little Cub, may teach us about how star-formation is quenched in dwarf satellite galaxies.
Can Radio Telescopes Find Axions?
Radio telescopes may provide the best bet for detecting the tiny, invisible particles theorized to fill our universe.
Have Two Lonely Trans-Neptunian Objects Found Each Other?
Who says there’s no romance in the outer solar system? A new study has identified a body that may be made up of two separate objects in contact with each other.
The Fate of Merging Neutron Stars
When two neutron stars collide, the new object that they make can reveal information about the interior physics of neutron stars.
How Do Earth-Sized, Short-Period Planets Form?
In a new study, scientists have used a clever test to reveal clues about the birth of speedy, Earth-sized planets.
Collisions Around a Black Hole Mean Mealtime
What can cause a black hole to burp? It may not always be gas from a star that was torn apart by gravity.