A group of researchers recently found a star cluster that appears to be regulating how many new stars it can form. I discuss the result […] Read More
Category: Cosmic Game Connections
Recently astronomers found a galaxy whose star-formation abruptly stopped due to a messy game of tug-of-war with another galaxy. I discuss the result and how […] Read More
A recent paper reported that the first planet observed by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope is spiraling in toward its host star, destined to collide with […] Read More
It is October, which means it is time to celebrate the creepier side of the universe. I found a haunting image that shows the final […] Read More
NASA’s JWST recently released its first full color images, and it had me thinking about Wild Serengeti. Why? I talk about the connection in this […] Read More
A recent paper confirmed that for the first time astronomers detected a solitary black hole freely floating through the Milky Way. Why is this so […] Read More
Recently, NRAO announced that scientists using its ALMA and Hubble had spied six rings of material around a dying sun-like star called V Hya. This […] Read More
NASA’s NICER telescope recently watched as three hotspots on the surface of a crushed stellar core migrated and merged together. I discuss the result and […] Read More
A recent paper revealed that astronomers had found water in the largest galaxy in the early universe using a telescope array known as ALMA. I […] Read More
Could one of the caves in Lascaux represent an ancient planetarium? Find out more about this possibility and see how I connect it to the […] Read More