- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- February 20th, 2015
Black Holes Occasionally Burp, Model Galaxies Every Time They Do So
Astronomers use telescopes to study the shape of strong winds originating from supermassive black holes
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- February 2nd, 2015
Fast-Dying Galaxies Are Kind of, Sort of like Cosmic Flies
Astronomers say some galaxies lose their gas reserves in the blink of an eye, kick the bucket shortly after
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 27th, 2015
Black Hole Seen Choking on Massive Star It Tried to Eat
Having sunk its teeth into one of the star's sides, the black hole chocked on the material it was trying to engulf
- Science
- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 19th, 2015
Astronomers Study Bizarre Cosmic Radio Burst of Unknown Origin
The burst was produced some 5.5 billion light-years from Earth, scientists are yet to figure out what caused it
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 9th, 2015
Mash-Up of Two Distant Galaxies Revealed in New NASA Images
Astronomers say evidence indicates each of these two colliding galaxies hosts a supermassive black hole at its core
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 7th, 2015
Black Hole Holds the Mass Equivalent of 8 Million Suns
The black hole is located at a distance of about 100 million light-years from Earth, sits in a galaxy dubbed KA 1858
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 6th, 2015
Mammoth Gas Bubbles Are Rushing Out of the Milky Way at Warp Speed
The gas that comprises these bubbles is moving at 2 million miles per hour (3 million kilometers per hour)
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- December 18th, 2014
How Supermassive Black Holes Birth Red and Dead Galaxies
Study finds high-energy jets originating from supermassive black holes can toy with galaxies' star-forming fuel
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- December 5th, 2014
Largest Telescope the World Has Ever Seen Gets Construction Go-Ahead
The European Extremely Large Telescope is to be built atop Cerro Armazones, a mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- December 3rd, 2014
Galaxy Coughs Out Jets of Subatomic Particles at Nearly the Speed of Light
The galaxy, known as J1649+2635, is located at a distance of about 800 million light-years from Earth
- Personal Thoughts
- By Filip Truta
- November 28th, 2014
Like a Black Hole, iOS 8 Absorbs New Users Daily
More than half of users now on the latest firmware
- Linux
- By Silviu Stahie
- November 24th, 2014
Wormhole in Interstellar Movie Designed with a Linux OS Update
The production team of the movie used Red Hat
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- November 21st, 2014
Mysterious Object Prances Around Black Hole, Escapes Being Devoured by It
The odd celestial body, known to the scientific community as G2, is said to be a massive star cloaked in gas and dust
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- November 4th, 2014
How a Black Hole Turned Stars into Its Marionettes, Got Them to Merge
Having come together, the cosmic marionettes formed a humongous star that is now cloaked in gas and dust
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 22nd, 2014
Massive Black Holes Force Aging Galaxies into Menopause
Radio-frequency-emitting particles originating from black holes appear to prevent the formation of new stars in galaxies
- Weekly Round-up
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 12th, 2014
Top 10 Coolest Science News of the Week – October 6-12, 2014
For those who've been busy and missed them, here are most important scientific discoveries and announcements of the week
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 9th, 2014
Black Hole Eats the Equivalent of 100 Billion Billion Hot Dogs Every Minute
The black hole, dubbed P13, consumes gas from a star close to it at a rate 10 times greater than thought possible