Scientists may finally know why this infamous supernova wears a ‘string of pearls’
Scientists may have discovered how a famous supernova called Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A) came to be adorned by a remarkable “string of pearls” formation of hydrogen clumps around it. SN 1987A is located in a neighboring galaxy of the Milky Way and is around 160,000 light years from Earth. It is surrounded by glowing hydrogen […]
3D map of over 1 million black holes traces where the universe’s dark matter lies
Scientists have created a 3D map of the universe using data on the positions of nearly 1.3 million quasars collected by the Gaia space telescope. Quasars are extremely bright objects that can be seen across vast cosmic distances, making them ideal for mapping the large-scale structure of the universe. Their positions correlate with dense clumps […]