Astronomers

Strange spinning object in Milky Way 'unlike anything we've ever seen', say astronomers

The object may be something researchers have theorised could exist but have never seen called an 'ultra-long period magnetar'

Brightest comet of 2021 to pass by Earth on 12 Dec; here's all you need to know

The comet is travelling at a speed of 158,084 miles per hour (71 kilometres per second), but due to its distance from the Earth, it will appear as a slow-moving object to observers

Fastest-orbiting asteroid discovered in Solar System; takes 113 Earth days to complete one lap around Sun

The asteroid is also very close to the Sun’s massive gravitational field, where it faces the largest general relativistic effects of any known Solar System object so far.

International team of astronomers to look for evidence of alien technology

The project was announced a month after the Pentagon released a report about unidentified aerial phenomena, which stated that their nature was unclear.

Astronomers see black hole swallowing neutron star for the first time

The last 500 orbits before the neutron stars were swallowed took less than a minute and generated as much energy as all the visible light in the observable universe.

New 'goldilocks' black hole might be missing link to explain black hole sizes

Researchers believe that this black hole could be an ancient relic that was created before the first stars and galaxies formed.

Swarm of smaller black holes found in NGC 6397 where lone, massive one was thought to exist

The discovery opens up the possibility of black hole mergers in globular clusters – a potential source of gravitational waves.

DST astronomers trace huge optical flare from supermassive black hole discovered in the 1960s

Blazars, or feeding supermassive black holes, are popular astronomical subjects due to their complicated mechanism of emission.

Milky Way's halo of heated gases that helps form planets, is filled with residues from dead stars

The observation was possible because of the works of a minisatellite called HaloSat that was launched from the ISS in 2018.

SpaceX's Starlink satellite fleet photobombs rare sightings of Neowise comet by astronomers

Musk said the satellites had been fitted with VisorSat that acts as a set of shades that keep the sun from reflecting off the satellites.