Astronomers Uncover Statistical Evidence for Recoiling Supermassive Black Holes
Reported by Universe Today
Galactic collisions are events of breathtaking proportions. The Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) at their centers plunge into a chaotic orbital dance that eventually coalesce into a single remnant. On their way to that point, they could eventually get “k...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:33 +0000
The Next-Generation Very Large Array Prototype (ngVLA) Gathers its First Light
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The prototype ngVLA antenna tested its systems by observing and tracking the Crab Nebula, also known as Taurus A (3C144), the remnant of an exploded star....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:14 +0000
Flash-Melted Glass from Chang'e-5 Reveals a High Levels of Iron on the Moon
Reported by Universe Today
It might not seem like it, but the Moon is constantly being both sandblasted and baked. Its lack of a thick atmosphere allows micrometeorites to impact the surface at speed, and the solar wind isn’t held back either, baking the regolith with a constant f...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:09 +0000
How Early Earth's Unlikely Chemical Hero Appeared
Reported by Universe Today
Though it's a toxic chemical, hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is also important for the development of life. It's a precursor to things like amino acids and nucleic acids and plays a central role in theories of the origin of life on Earth. Recently, difficult quest...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:21 +0000
Mars Hid its Warm, Wet Crystals Underground
Reported by Universe Today
The search for any sign of life on Mars continues. In the latest update, a new data release from Curiosity’s Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) - essentially the rover’s portable X-ray diffraction lab - and published in a paper in Science, analyzes 20 d...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:57 +0000
Look Up!
Reported by NASA
Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jack Hathaway of NASA, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, look out a window in the cupola, monitoring the automated approach and docking of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft to the Internationa...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:06 +0000