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In a high-resolution satellite image taken by NASA’s Landsat 8 on May 3, 2016, a series of dark, swirling shapes appeared in the clouds above Heard Island, a remote volcanic island in the Southern Ocean. Located roughly 1,000 kilometers north of Antarctica, this uninhabited landmass became the center of attention after the release of the image revealed what looked like …

Famed YA author Louis Sachar is out with his first novel for adults. Alex Labry/Ace hide caption toggle caption Alex Labry/Ace Louis Sachar, the author of Holes and the Wayside School series, has spent nearly half a century writing books for kids. And he was originally going to continue that streak with his new novel, The Magician of Tiger Castle. …

Scottie Scheffler’s shot looked like one that Hollywood would have concocted for a movie.  But the wild 82-foot chip shot for birdie on the 17th hole Sunday during the final round of the BMW Championship was not the result of a scripted moment, and it helped propel Scheffler to his fifth PGA Tour title of the year.  Scheffler had hit …

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Black holes are massive, strange and incredibly powerful astronomical objects. Scientists know that supermassive black holes reside in the centers of most galaxies. And they understand how certain stars form the comparatively smaller stellar mass black holes once they reach …

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, a relatively young Soulslike action game, has fallen on hard times as of late. In addition to overwhelmingly negative Steam reviews criticizing the game’s shoddy PC performance at launch, the game has since received a huge update, which has significantly altered its story and gameplay in a way I’d argue is for the worse. For starters, according …

Since its launch in late 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been glimpsing some of the earliest epochs of cosmic time. Its observations have stretched cosmologists’ timelines of when galaxies may have first started to form. And now some of the telescope’s farthest observations yet have revealed sources of blue ultraviolet light from an epoch when stars shouldn’t …

Scientists have uncovered a breakthrough in our understanding of black holes by using a powerful mathematical tool known as the exact Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) method. The study, published in Physical Review Letters, reveals previously hidden patterns in the “ringing” of black holes—vibrations known as quasinormal modes—that could sharpen future gravitational wave observations and transform our knowledge of the universe. Unlocking the …

Black holes embody the ultimate abyss. They are the most powerful sources of gravity in the universe, capable of dramatically distorting space and time around them. When disturbed, they begin to “ring” in a distinctive pattern known as quasinormal modes: ripples in space-time that produce detectable gravitational waves. In events like black hole mergers, these waves can be strong enough …

New research suggests that primordial black holes created during the Big Bang could have played a major role in forming the universe’s first stars. The findings could help to assess how suitable primordial black holes are as candidates for dark matter, the universe’s most mysterious “stuff.” But the study team isn’t sure yet whether these black holes helped star formation, …

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. (Main) an illustration of a black hole ripping apart an unfortunate star (Inset) the JWST which has just observed these events for the first time. | Credit: (Main) Carl Knox – OzGrav, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, Swinburne University of …