Scientists have captured the first direct images of colliding objects in a neighboring star system. Astronomers have seen the ...
Space can be a violent place. Objects crash into each other, causing destruction or leading to the formation of larger celestial bodies. Scientists serve as astronomical detectives and use the ...
In 2019, researchers detected gravitational waves that indicated that two black holes were merging. These were two fairly small black holes, one being just 23 times more massive t ...