In our Universe, the laws of physics tell us all the possibilities for what’s allowed to conceivably exist, but only by actually observing, measuring, and experimenting with our Universe itself can we determine what’s truly real. In Einstein’s general relativity, one of the very first possibilities that was ever discovered was for a black hole: a region of space with so much matter-and-energy in one place that from within that volume, nothing, not even light, could ever escape. The flip side of...
The recent discovery of a binary system containing an extremely rare object, the most massive black hole (apart from SgrA ) ever detected in our Galaxy, calls into question the models for the formation of these bodies.
A fire broke out close to the A394 near Penryn this morning, Wednesday, April 24. A witness said that the blaze was close to the Kernow Adventure Park in the village of Longdowns.
Ever wonder what happens when you fall into a black hole? Now, thanks to a new, immersive visualization produced on a NASA supercomputer, viewers can plunge into the event horizon, a black hole's point of no return.
The writer and podcaster has made a career from dissecting the lore of 2010s memes – many of which she shares hereGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailMy adolescence can be bookmarked with internet and pop culture tomfoolery. Puberty began with Potter Puppet Pals: The Mysterious Ticking Noise (grade 6, 2007) and ended with the Harlem Shake (grade 12, 2013).Maybe that’s why I’ve (somehow) made a career out of knowing the lore of 2010s memes and am the go-to pop culture analyst in about five...
Rachel Reeves has given an insight into the Opposition’s plans to invigorate the business sector.
Kate Middleton took Princess Charlotte's 9th birthday photo and she looks so much like her dad.
The first season of Apple TV+’s sci-fi mystery series Silo was a spectacular series. The creative team behind the development of that show did such an awesome job...
Chris Hemsworth‘s portrayal of Dementus, the biker warlord terrorising the Wasteland in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, is like nothing you’ve seen the actor do before. Most people would be most familiar with the Aussie star for his sometimes brooding, sometimes humorous turn as Thor in the Marvel juggernaut films, and it’s a role Hemsworth […]
Coming off the heels of its long-awaited grand reopening, the Stud is going even bigger. Think “hundreds of billboards” big. On May 4, the historic queer bar is hosting a party called Whatever, and the organizers are bringing in star power to commemorate the occasion. The guest of honor is a household name, one whose face is seared into millions of minds in the Bay Area and beyond. We’re talking, of course, about Anh Phoong. Although she’s based in Sacramento, the personal injury lawyer is an...
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering co-led a new study by an international team that will improve the detection of gravitational waves—ripples in space and time.
European astronomers have investigated a recently detected black hole designated Gaia BH3. In their results, they found that the black hole is associated with a nearby disrupted star cluster known as ED-2. The finding is reported in a paper published April 17 on the preprint server arXiv.