“An AI-generated visualization of a distant galaxy, containing, besides dust, gas, and young stars, three massive, active black holes (black spheres, not to scale) with bright accretion disks. Other distant galaxies are shown in the background. And. A few stars in the foreground. Credit: MPE (generated with AI).” (ScitechDaily, Three Supermassive Black Holes Found in a Galaxy From the Dawn of the Universe) Supermassive black holes from the universe's dawn are among the most interesting objects in modern astronomy. Reseachers found three supermassive black holes in one galaxy. And the famous “little red dots” from the dawn of time. They are so-called black hole stars. Or at least some of them are. Those objects should tell us about the history of the young universe. And. Those distant objects. Tell us about gravitational interaction behavior over very long distances. We know that gravitational waves have a speed. Gravitational waves travel at the speed of light. This means. That gr...
"A puzzling cosmic blast detected in both light and gravitational waves may hint at a previously unseen type of explosion, challenging astronomers to rethink how neutron stars are born and collide. Credit: Shutterstock" (ScitechDaily, Astronomers May Have Spotted a Never-Before-Seen “Superkilonova” Hidden Inside a Supernova) "When the largest stars exhaust their fuel, they end their lives in powerful supernova explosions. These blasts scatter heavy elements such as carbon and iron into space, helping enrich the universe. A different and far rarer kind of cosmic explosion, known as a kilonova, happens when two neutron stars collide. Neutron stars are the dense remnants of dead stars, and when they merge, they can create even heavier elements, including gold and uranium. Materials like these later become part of new stars, planets, and other cosmic structures." (ScitechDaily, Astronomers May Have Spotted a Never-Before-Seen “Superkilonova” Hidden Inside a Supernova) A...