A team of astronomers studying superluminous supernova SN 2024afav has detected a periodic, accelerating signal in its light ...

Researchers conducted innovative simulations of spinning black holes grounded in general relativity, which clarified that the ultraluminous accretion disk (i.e., gaseous spiral surrounding a black ...

CANISIUS is the official name of the new spin-echo neutron interferometer developed at Atominstitut, TU Wien. It enables ...

Astronomers have a new way to measure how fast a black hole spins, by using the wobbly aftermath from its stellar feasting. The results offer a new way to probe supermassive black holes and their ...

A never-before-seen 'chirp' in the light of an exploding star has revealed new clues about the engine powering some of the brightest supernovae in the Universe. The event, says a team led by ...