Latest articles by Robert Lea
James Webb Space Telescope finds evidence the mysterious 'little red dots' are black hole stars
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may be close to solving the mystery of "little red dots" in the early universe.
Strange 'spacetime crystals' could give birth to tiny black holes
Using just a pen and paper, a team of scientists has calculated how space and time could crystallize to form tiny black holes.
These record-breaking black hole winds could create a category 79 hurricane on Earth
"This wind is unlike anything on Earth."
James Webb Space Telescope weighs 'sleeping giant' black hole from 10 billion light-years away — and it's 6 billion times our sun's mass
"We can now undertake a more complete census of how black holes develop over time and infer their role in shaping galaxy evolution."
Scientists find wind blowing from our Milky Way's black hole after half-century search: 'There it is'
After searching for 50 years, astronomers have finally discovered powerful winds blowing from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy.
Black holes could 'leak' long enough to become white holes that weigh no more than a flea's egg
New research suggests primordial black holes born during the Big Bang could live much longer than previously estimated — long enough to become energy-spewing white holes.
'Hot Jupiter' winds blasting at over 15,000 mph reveal 1st evidence of exoplanets with magnetic fields
Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of magnetic worlds beyond the solar system thanks to their high-speed, violent winds, representing a major step forward in exoplanet research.
How do you study an invisible exoplanet? Astronomers discover planetary 'fingerprints' in the rings around stars
How do you weigh a planet you can't see? Astronomers may have the answer and it involves "reading between the rings," the bright beautiful structures exoplanets create.
Astronomers discover a 'lost world' of black hole mergers: 'It's the astronomical equivalent of uncovering an ancient civilization'
This could change our understanding of how the cosmic titans collide.
Red dwarf stars are cosmic killers that eat their own planets
Astronomers have discovered the first evidence that tiny red dwarf stars can devour their own planets.
James Webb Space Telescope discovers a black hole that formed before its host galaxy. Scientists aren't sure how
"It's a paradigm shift, a total revisiting of the classical scenarios of how black holes form and grow."
Most powerful 'ghost particle' ever may have come from a cosmic particle accelerator fed by a black hole
"We have never observed such a high-energy neutrino before, and if it turns out to come from cosmic accelerators like blazars, it would give us new insight into how these objects can emit particles at energies beyond what we previously expected."
'One of the great unresolved embarrassments of physics': It's been 340 years since Newton and scientists still haven't solved the secret of gravity
"The mystery is not solved."
Scientists just found a supercharged supernova — powered up by a magnetic star corpse
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray spacecraft has observed a super-bright, supercharged supernova explosion powered up by the creation of a highly magnetic dead star, or magnetar.
Scientists thought Jupiter's moon Europa was ejecting water. Now they're not so sure
"The evidence for water vapor plumes on Europa isn’t as strong as we first understood it."
NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS reveals its most complete look at the night sky yet
TESS has released its most complete view of the sky over Earth, revealing the location of 6,000 potential worlds beyond the solar system.
James Webb Space Telescope maps our universe's largest structure in unprecedented detail
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have mapped the "cosmic web" of galaxies, the largest structure in the universe, with unprecedented detail.
We still can't see dark matter. But what if we can hear it?
Black holes smashing together may churn dark matter "butter," scientists say.
NASA's Psyche asteroid probe will fly within 3,000 miles of Mars today: Here's what to expect
NASA's asteroid-bound spacecraft Psyche is headed for an encounter with Mars on Friday (May 15) to get a boost from the Red Planet.
No, this isn't a solar eclipse. It's an image of Mars, captured by NASA's asteroid-bound Psyche probe
NASA spacecraft Psyche has captured a stunning image of Mars ahead of a flyby on Friday (May 15).
What flings mysteriously powerful particles called 'cosmic rays' at Earth?
High-energy cosmic rays, 10 million times more powerful than particles accelerated in Earth's strongest atom smasher, may hide a superheavy secret that is the key to unlocking a 60-year-old puzzle.
'Cannibal stars,' AI and the Rubin Observatory could shed light on the mystery of dark energy. Here's how
Scientists are hunting for "unknown unknowns" that could lead us to missing ingredients in our recipe of the cosmos.
Black holes slamming into scorching stars may be causing mysterious blue flashes in the cosmos
Powerful bright blue cosmic explosions called Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients could be caused when a black hole or neutron star slams into the universe's hottest class of star.
