Colliding black holes could be hiding in the light of superluminous quasars

Collisions between stellar-mass black holes can occur in the violent environments created around their larger, feeding counterparts, according to a new study. Supermassive black holes, found at the heart of most, if not all, galaxies can reach masses millions or even billions of times greater than the sun. Some of them are surrounded by disks … Read more

A 30-mile slab of granite may be hiding in an ancient volcano on the moon

Three diagrams present different perspectives on the location of the granite on the Moon.  A sphere rep...

Lunar scientists have announced the discovery of a 50-kilometer-wide piece of rock beneath the surface of the lunar sides and is made of something commonly found in kitchens. The team detailed their startling discovery on Thursday, days before presenting the work at the Goldschmidt geochemistry conference in Lyon, France. A series of satellites has detected … Read more