Astronomers discover the most powerful and distant cosmic ring ever seen

Astronomers discover the most powerful and distant cosmic ring ever seen

October 6, 2025 Syndicated 0

Astronomers have found the most distant and energetic “odd radio circle” ever detected — a massive double-ringed radio structure nearly 10 billion years old. The discovery, made with the help of citizen scientists using LOFAR, challenges theories that these cosmic rings are caused by black hole mergers. Instead, researchers suggest galactic superwinds may be to blame.

The Orderly Chaos Of Black Holes

The Orderly Chaos Of Black Holes

January 15, 2019 Syndicated 0

During the formation of a black hole a bright burst of energetic light is produced called a gamma-ray burst. Researchers have built the POLAR instrument to analyze GRBs. The first results reveal that high energy photons coming from GRBs are neither completely chaotic, nor completely organized, but a mixture of the two.