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7 Breaks associés à astrophysics
The collapse of rapidly rotating massive stars is known to launch collimated jets of material moving at nearly the speed of light. These phenomena produce high...
We think that gamma-ray bursts, the brightest cosmic explosions, are created by two types of sources, each of them producing flashes with different durations,...
Novae have been observed for centuries in the night sky, unveiling just how dynamic our Universe can be. Our recent observations have revealed rapid and...
Dark matter, the “glue” that holds our Universe bound, remains a mystery. A key question to understand its nature is whether dark matter particles can interact...
Observations of distant astronomical sources highlight what we know and do not know about the way our universe works. Among the mysteries of the cosmos are...
We know little about dark matter beyond its existence. That would change dramatically if hints of dark matter decaying to X-rays were confirmed. Indeed, this...
Beyond the Solar System, the universe includes numerous exoplanets: planets orbiting around other stars. The discovery of a giant exoplanet strangely lacking a...
