Latest articles by Robert Lea
"We studied the last several orbits before the merger, when the entwined magnetic fields undergo rapid and dramatic changes, and modeled potentially observable high-energy signals."
"JADES-ID1 is giving us new evidence that the universe was in a huge hurry to grow up."
Waiter, there's a quark in my soup!
Astronomers have discovered powerful magnetic fields steering gas, dust, and star formation in a dramatic galaxy merger.
"It is amazing to see that we are gradually moving towards combining these breakthrough observations across multiple frequencies and completing the picture of the jet launching region."
"We've often seen the 'baby pictures' of planets forming, but until now, the 'teenage years' have been a missing link."
"It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most massive black holes in the universe."
"These results from the Dark Energy Survey shine new light on our understanding of the universe and its expansion."
"Stars like the sun don’t just stop shining for no reason."
"It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most massive black holes in the universe."
"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger."
"In our solar system, the most massive moon is Ganymede, which is still extremely small compared to what we are inferring here."
It may be one of the most iconic sights in the night sky, but astronomers have never seen the Helix Nebula like this before.
"Dark matter can be red hot when it is born, but still have time to cool down before galaxies begin to form."
"I don't think anyone's made this connection between the surface fluid pattern and the interior properties of these planets."
"The knowledge of these will ultimately help us understand the formation of the first stars and planets and how our own Milky Way came into being."
"It's like watching a cosmic volcano erupt again after ages of calm — except this one is big enough to carve out structures stretching nearly a million light-years across space."
"One thing popped out as clear as anything, this previously unknown 'bar' of ionized iron atoms, in the middle of the familiar and iconic ring."
The protostar is launching the longest outburst ever seen at 32 light-years long.
Reference Winter Solstice has long marked a time of rebirth, behind it are fascinating astronomical events.
"This is a structure we've never seen before, so it could be a new class of dark object."
"Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of black hole binaries."
"We're seeing what could be described as an energetic tug-of-war inside the black hole's accretion flow."
"It points to a slow starvation rather than a single dramatic death blow."
"This result shows that the Event Horizon Telescope is not only useful for producing spectacular images, but can also be used to understand the physics that govern black hole jets."