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Super Rare Black Hole Event Sees Incredibly Bright Jet Shooting Right At Earth

This artist’s impression illustrates how it might look when a star approaches too close to a black hole, where the star is squeezed by the intense gravitational pull of the black hole. Some of the star’s material gets pulled in and swirls around the black hole forming the disc that can be seen in this image. In rare cases, such as this one, jets of matter and radiation are shot out from the poles of the black hole

Super Rare Black Hole Event Sees Incredibly Bright Jet Shooting Right At Earth

This artist’s impression illustrates how it might look when a star approaches too close to a black hole, where the star is squeezed by the intense gravitational pull of the black hole. Some of the star’s material gets pulled in and swirls around the black hole forming the disc that can be seen in this image. In rare cases, such as this one, jets of matter and radiation are shot out from the poles of the black hole

Super Rare Black Hole Event Sees Incredibly Bright Jet Shooting Right At Earth

A supermassive black hole snacked on a star and its jet was pointing right at us.

Nov 30 2022

A Wormhole Has Been Simulated With A Quantum Computer

A grid like visualization of a deep hole is seen in the picture. A black particle is about the enter the hole.

A Wormhole Has Been Simulated With A Quantum Computer

Nov 30 2022

Orion’s New Views Of The Moon And Earth Are Breathtaking

A partially shadowed moon with regions in the far sides and regions in the near side visible.

Orion’s New Views Of The Moon And Earth Are Breathtaking

Nov 29 2022

Latest Space and Physics Stories

Huge 15-Tonne Meteorite Contains Two Minerals Never Seen Before In Nature

The El Ali meteorite contains at least two minerals never before seen in nature

Huge 15-Tonne Meteorite Contains Two Minerals Never Seen Before In Nature

The El Ali meteorite contains at least two minerals never before seen in nature

Huge 15-Tonne Meteorite Contains Two Minerals Never Seen Before In Nature

Nov 29 2022

Orion Beats Apollo For Record-Breaking Distance From Earth

the spacecraft is in the foreground with the nasa logos clearly visible. The Moon and the Earth appear next to each other in the top right corner hald in shade.

Orion Beats Apollo For Record-Breaking Distance From Earth

the spacecraft is in the foreground with the nasa logos clearly visible. The Moon and the Earth appear next to each other in the top right corner hald in shade.

Orion Beats Apollo For Record-Breaking Distance From Earth

Nov 29 2022

New Insight Into First Ever Galaxies Comes From Surprising Lack Of Observations

An image of the night sky with the edge of a dark forest at the bottom of the picture

New Insight Into First Ever Galaxies Comes From Surprising Lack Of Observations

An image of the night sky with the edge of a dark forest at the bottom of the picture

New Insight Into First Ever Galaxies Comes From Surprising Lack Of Observations

Nov 28 2022

There Are Zombie Satellites Swirling Above Your Head

An artist impression of a satellite over the Earth, and the solar panels show the image of a zombie

There Are Zombie Satellites Swirling Above Your Head

An artist impression of a satellite over the Earth, and the solar panels show the image of a zombie

Space and Physics

There Are Zombie Satellites Swirling Above Your Head

Nov 28 2022

X-Ray Polarization Reveals Why Black Holes Create Such Bright Jets

Black hole blazar

X-Ray Polarization Reveals Why Black Holes Create Such Bright Jets

Black hole blazar

X-Ray Polarization Reveals Why Black Holes Create Such Bright Jets

Nov 28 2022

Japanese Cubesat Successfully Snapped Pictures Of The Far Side Of The Moon

An engineer testing the Cubesat with a laser pen while wearing scrubs, masks, and hairnet.

Japanese Cubesat Successfully Snapped Pictures Of The Far Side Of The Moon

An engineer testing the Cubesat with a laser pen while wearing scrubs, masks, and hairnet.

Japanese Cubesat Successfully Snapped Pictures Of The Far Side Of The Moon

Nov 25 2022

NASA Predicted Where Small Asteroid Hit Earth Hours In Advance

A slightly cloudy sky is photographed. Through it a bright greenish light show the path the the asteroid took as it burned. Trees are visible at the bottom of the frame.

NASA Predicted Where Small Asteroid Hit Earth Hours In Advance

A slightly cloudy sky is photographed. Through it a bright greenish light show the path the the asteroid took as it burned. Trees are visible at the bottom of the frame.

NASA Predicted Where Small Asteroid Hit Earth Hours In Advance

Nov 25 2022

New Super-Jupiter Is Youngest Ever Found With Known Properties

A greish planet is visible in the foreground of the image. A yellow sun is sivisible in the background.

New Super-Jupiter Is Youngest Ever Found With Known Properties

A greish planet is visible in the foreground of the image. A yellow sun is sivisible in the background.

New Super-Jupiter Is Youngest Ever Found With Known Properties

Nov 25 2022

Why Do Frozen Turkeys Explode When Deep-Fried?

Barbeque on fire

Why Do Frozen Turkeys Explode When Deep-Fried?

Barbeque on fire

Why Do Frozen Turkeys Explode When Deep-Fried?

Nov 24 2022

Mars' Jezero Crater Was Definitely A Lake And Was Full Of Organic Material

The image show a delta-like structure at the center of the image. On its left, a river-like canyn and on its right it opens to the wide flat plain of Jezero crater.

Mars' Jezero Crater Was Definitely A Lake And Was Full Of Organic Material

The image show a delta-like structure at the center of the image. On its left, a river-like canyn and on its right it opens to the wide flat plain of Jezero crater.

Space and Physics

Mars' Jezero Crater Was Definitely A Lake And Was Full Of Organic Material

Nov 23 2022

Time Travel, The Terminator And The Bootstrap Paradox

An astronaut in front of some sort of mysterious time portal.

Time Travel, The Terminator And The Bootstrap Paradox

An astronaut in front of some sort of mysterious time portal.

Space and Physics

Time Travel, The Terminator And The Bootstrap Paradox

Nov 23 2022

Meet The New Class Of European Astronauts

Over the four line there are portraits of all 17 astronauts

Meet The New Class Of European Astronauts

Over the four line there are portraits of all 17 astronauts

Space and Physics

Meet The New Class Of European Astronauts

Nov 23 2022

Exclusive: Everything We Know About The Mars Sample Return Mission

The different components of the mission are scene in this image, rover, lander, Mars ascension Vehicle, mars helicopter and the orbiter that will take it back to Earth.

Exclusive: Everything We Know About The Mars Sample Return Mission

The different components of the mission are scene in this image, rover, lander, Mars ascension Vehicle, mars helicopter and the orbiter that will take it back to Earth.

Space and Physics

Exclusive: Everything We Know About The Mars Sample Return Mission

Nov 23 2022

The Berserker Hypothesis: The Darkest Explanation Of The Fermi Paradox

A piece of space debris above Earth.

The Berserker Hypothesis: The Darkest Explanation Of The Fermi Paradox

A piece of space debris above Earth.

Space and Physics

The Berserker Hypothesis: The Darkest Explanation Of The Fermi Paradox

Nov 22 2022

Features

Exclusive: "Good Night Oppy", The Incredible Documentary About Two Extraordinary Explorers

A 3D animation of Oppy on Mars used in the documentary.

EXCLUSIVE

Exclusive: "Good Night Oppy", The Incredible Documentary About Two Extraordinary Explorers

Nov 18 2022

Humans Are Going Back To The Moon, And Beyond – But How Will We Feed Them?

Humans Are Going Back To The Moon, And Beyond – But How Will We Feed Them?

Nov 17 2022

Say Hello To Nitric Acid, A Corrosive Formula That's Rained On Your Head

nitric acid formula

Say Hello To Nitric Acid, A Corrosive Formula That's Rained On Your Head

Nov 17 2022

Multimedia

Weightlifting Capuchin Monkeys Pick Stones Based On Their Culture

Capuchin monkey lifts a big rock high above a palm nut in the jungle

Video

Weightlifting Capuchin Monkeys Pick Stones Based On Their Culture

Nov 23 2022

Scientists Have Just Spotted A Bird That Has Not Been Seen Since 1882

The Black-naped Pheasant-pigeon

Video

Scientists Have Just Spotted A Bird That Has Not Been Seen Since 1882

Nov 20 2022

What Is Hawking Radiation? The Black Hole Information Paradox

Named after the eminent scientist, Hawking radiation has never been observed – yet. Image credit: Vadim Sadovski/Shutterstock.com

Video

What Is Hawking Radiation? The Black Hole Information Paradox

Nov 18 2022

physics

Experiments Deliver Superposition Of Photon Going Forward And Backward In Time

the inside of a torus with line of lights making up its surface

Experiments Deliver Superposition Of Photon Going Forward And Backward In Time

Nov 11 2022

Scientists Tested Einstein’s Theory Of Gravity On The Scale Of The Universe – Here’s What They Found

JWST image of the universe

Scientists Tested Einstein’s Theory Of Gravity On The Scale Of The Universe – Here’s What They Found

Nov 11 2022

chemistry

Auroras Reveal 400-Kilometer-Wide Hole Briefly Punched In The Ozone Layer

An aurora ove Earth seen from space

Auroras Reveal 400-Kilometer-Wide Hole Briefly Punched In The Ozone Layer

Oct 24 2022

Drug Sold As Ketamine Turns Out To Be Something Scientists Have Never Seen Before

A sample of some clumped powder is taken for testing at the CanTEST facility

Drug Sold As Ketamine Turns Out To Be Something Scientists Have Never Seen Before

Oct 20 2022

Astronomy

The Halo Of The Milky Way Is Not The Shape We Thought It Was

An artist impression of the Milky Way is placed inside a grid model of the stellar halo.

The Halo Of The Milky Way Is Not The Shape We Thought It Was

Nov 21 2022

Orion Goes Above And Beyond As It Flies Closest To The Moon

Part of the Orion spacecraft is visible in the left side of the image. The Moon looms largely on the right side. The Earth is visible in the distance in the middle of the photograph.

Orion Goes Above And Beyond As It Flies Closest To The Moon

Nov 21 2022