Where Are All the Intermediate Mass Black Holes? Microlensing Fast Radio Bursts Might Reveal Them
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In the heirarchy of black holes, intermediate mass black holes (IMBH) lie in between stellar mass black holes and supermassive black holes. But the problem is that we've never found one. There have been hints, but nothing conclusive. Could gravitational mi...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Tue, 26 May 2026 19:36 +0000
When the Sun Tries to Explode and Fails
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Scientists have captured one of the most detailed observations ever of a failed solar eruption, a powerful blast from the Sun that built into what should have been a billion tonne plasma ejection, then stalled and collapsed back to the surface. Using data ...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Tue, 26 May 2026 19:26 +0000
The Sun Just Did Something Nobody Expected and it Kept Going For 19 Days
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In August 2025, a NASA spacecraft detected a solar radio burst that refused to stop lasting 19 days, nearly four times longer than any previously recorded. A team of researchers used data from four spacecraft spread across the inner Solar System to track t...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Tue, 26 May 2026 19:20 +0000
Three Stars, One Extraordinary System and a Drama Still to Come
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Astronomers have discovered a remarkable triple star system in which two Sun like stars orbit each other every 4.75 days, while a giant star, ten times the size of our Sun circles the pair every 412 days. All three orbit in almost exactly the same plane, a...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Tue, 26 May 2026 19:11 +0000
The Definitive Census of Multiple Star Systems Within 10 Parsecs
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Our Sun is a loner. It lacks a stellar companion hurtling through interstellar space with it. But we’ve known for a long time that’s actually relatively rare - most stars have at least one gravitationally bound partner. Understanding how exactly those ...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Tue, 26 May 2026 19:09 +0000
Are Satellite Megaconstellations Accidentally Geoengineering the Earth?
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We’ve been reporting a lot lately on the negative impacts of satellite constellations. And unfortunately it’s time for another article about a paper pointing out the potential hazards of them. This one, by lead author Conner Barker of University Colleg...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Tue, 26 May 2026 17:26 +0000