The collision of two neutron stars approximately 130 million light-years from Earth and the unique physics created by this merger may have shed new light on dark matter. New research led by University of Washington physicist Bhupal Dev suggests that neutron star mergers detected on Earth as the GW170817 gravitational wave signal could help place… Read More »
Scientists analyzed an unusually long burst of high-energy radiation known as a gamma-ray burst (GRB) and determined that it was caused by the collision of two ultra-dense neutron stars. And more importantly, this result helped the team observe a flash of light emanating from the same event, confirming that these mergers were places that created… Read More »
Researchers have synthesized five new isotopes that could help knock stars down to Earth, bringing scientists one step closer to understanding how collisions between ultra-dense, dead stars can create heavy elements like gold and silver. The isotopes are Thulium-182, Thulium-183, Ytterbium-186, Ytterbium-187, and Lutetium-190; This is the first time they were synthesized on Earth. Their… Read More »
Humanity’s first space-based gravitational wave detector has been approved. Consisting of three spacecraft that together form a single gravitational wave detector, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission is a collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). It is planned to be released in the mid-2030s. The adoption of LISA was announced by… Read More »
Although our telescopes have actually caught some Stunning images of the Milky Way, astronomers have only a vague understanding of our home galaxy. It took a lot of work to even get this outline, and it’s incredible what we were able to learn from our limited perspective. Here on the Earth’s surface Milky Way galaxy… Read More »
Astronomers continue to struggle in their search dark matterThe elusive and mysterious form of matter that dominates the mass of the universe. But one astronomer suggests that instead of running huge, expensive experiments on Earth, we should try another method to search for dark matter: stars. Multiple independent lines of evidence show that: there is… Read More »
The gold that makes up your ring, jewelry, and the uranium used as fuel in nuclear power plants is believed to come from the violent conditions created by the collision of two extremely dense dead stars called neutron stars. This collision between neutron stars also causes ripples in space-time called gravitational waves, bursts of high-energy… Read More »
A new space telescope launching in January 2024 will look at the universe through a revolutionary “lobster eye”, looking for X-ray bursts from some of the universe’s most powerful events, such as the feeding of black holes and the collision of neutron stars. exploding stars. not named for anyone else Albert EinsteinThe Einstein Probe is… Read More »
Scientists have discovered the first signs of nuclear fission occurring between stars. This discovery supports the idea that when neutron stars collide with each other, they create “superheavy” elements that are heavier than the heaviest elements of the periodic table, which then break apart. nuclear fission to birth elements like gold in your jewelry. Nuclear… Read More »