New image reveals violent events near a supermassive black hole
Washington DC, US Reuters Expanding upon the historic first images of black holes, scientists on Wednesday unveiled the first picture showing the violent events unfolding around one of these ravenous cosmic behemoths, including the launching point of a colossal jet of high-energy particles shooting outward into space. The new image was obtained using 16 telescopes […]
A scan of 10.3 million stars turns up no sign of aliens – yet
Washington DC, USReuters Scientists have completed the broadest search to date for extraterrestrial civilizations by scanning roughly 10.3 million stars using a radio telescope in Australia, but have found nothing – not yet, at least. Seeking evidence of possible life beyond our solar system, the researchers are hunting for “technosignatures” such as communications signals that […]