What Are Quantum Black Holes?
While normal black holes can reach sizes of billions of solar masses, quantum black holes are microscopic, comparable in size to elementary particles.A typ...
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Potential Super-Earth Found Orbiting Proxima Centauri
Astronomers have traced a signal they believe belongs to a super-Earth orbiting Proxima Centauri. But more observations are needed to confirm it.In 2016, a...
Strange Objects Found Near Our Central Black Hole
Astronomers from UCLA's Galactic Center Orbits Initiative have found some strange objects near the Milky Way's central black hole.It is the central superma...
Some Things Hubble Taught Us About The Universe
In April of this year, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will celebrate its 30th anniversary. Here are some things we know thanks to Hubble.On 24 April 1990, t...
Vast Star Nursery Wave Found In Our Galaxy
A new map of the Milky Way reveals a huge star nursery wave. This large structure is made up of many interconnected "nurseries" where stars are born.Harva...
TESS Finds Its 1st Potentially Habitable Earth-Size Planet
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) finds its first Earth-size planet orbiting in the habitable zone of its star.This new-found exoplanet,...
Why Does Io Have So Many Volcanoes?
Earth is a very volcanically active place, but the most active in the solar system is Jupiter's moon Io. But why does it have so many volcanoes?Io has tons...
New Evidence Shows Venus Has Active Volcanoes
Venus may be volcanically active, according to a new study published in Science Advances. This would make Venus the second planet with active volcanoes.To ...
Water In Exoplanets Is Common But Scarce
Recently, using atmospheric data from 19 worlds, scientists have found that there's less water out there than we thought.Many exoplanets that astronomers h...
Can An Intergalactic Planetary System Exist?
There are plenty of rogue stars outside galaxies, but we have never seen a rogue star with a planetary system. Can an intergalactic planetary system exist?...