Tracing a neutrino ghost to the distant Shadow Blaster galaxy
This image shows a close-up of the gravitationally lensed galaxy nicknamed ‘Shadow Blaster’, which astronomers have identified as the likely source of the high-energy neutrino event IC 210922A, detected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in 2021. Gravitational...
‘Space archaeology’ reveals history of giant spiral galaxy
An artist’s impression shows the giant spiral galaxy NGC 1365 as it collides and merges with a smaller companion galaxy, stirring up star formation and redistributing gas and heavy elements. Using a new ‘space archaeology’ technique that reads the chemical...
Theory-breaking extremely fast-growing black hole
Artist’s impression of a supermassive black hole system. Infalling gas forms a bright corona near the black hole. In some systems, a jet is launched. Credit: Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech. An international research team has discovered a supermassive black hole growing...