Giant star smash-up may have made the biggest neutron star ever
The collision that produced recent gravitational waves may have left behind the biggest neutron star ever seen. But it might have collapsed into a black hole
We may have just seen the first comet from another solar system
An icy comet just hurtled past the sun on a strange path that suggests it came from outside our solar system, making it the first such interloper we've ever spotted
The 5 biggest discoveries from the hunt for gravitational waves
Detecting gravitational waves has given us a new way to observe the universe by listening to ripples in space-time. Here are five of the biggest finds from LIGO
We’ve just seen 15 new mysterious cosmic radio bursts from space
Breakthrough Listen detected more radio pulses from the famous repeating source FRB 121102. They’re higher frequency than previous ones but we still don’t know what causes them
Enormous exoplanet has an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron
A planet nearly double the size of Jupiter and 900 light years away has a glowing stratosphere and an atmosphere hot enough that iron there exists as a vapour
For Modern Astronomers, It’s Learn to Code or Get Left Behind
Astronomers Don’t Point This Telescope—The Telescope Points Them
Astronomers Deploy AI to Unravel the Mysteries of the Universe
Robo-Telescopes Capture the Last Gasp of a Dying Star
The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts Only Gets More Beautiful From Here
