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The Fastest-Growing Black Hole Known in Space Has Been Discovered

Astronomers at ANU have found the fastest-growing black hole known in the Universe, describing it as a monster that devours a mass equivalent to our sun every two days. The astronomers have looked back more than 12 billion years to the early dark ages of the Universe, when this supermassive black hole was estimated to ...

Troy Oakes

Dark Matter May Not Be Interactive After All

Astronomers are back in the dark about what dark matter might be, after new observations showed the mysterious substance may not be interacting with forces other than gravity after all. Dr. Andrew Robertson of Durham University presented the new results to the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science in Liverpool. Three years ago, a ...

Troy Oakes

The Remarkable History of Ancient Chinese Astronomy

Ancient Chinese astronomy’s history spans several millennia. And just like how the ancient Indians, Persians, and the Greeks have been instrumental in the development of astronomy across the world, the Chinese have also made numerous significant contributions in the field. Early development of ancient Chinese astronomy The first proof of astronomy being practiced by the ...

Nspirement Staff

Could Our Sun Have a Long-Lost Twin?

The Sun has been the center of our galaxy for assumingly millions or even billions of years. It has a volume of 1 million earths and accounts for more than 99 percent of the mass in our solar system. Up until recently, most people, including scientists, have believed there is only one Sun like ours. ...

Hermann Rohr