#Astronomer

Source: Neatorama Ripples or disturbances in space-time called gravitational waves have been theorized by Albert Einstein in his theory of general relativity but they have only been recently detected, confirming their existence. The first instance was in August 2016 which was recorded by

Author: Exuperist / Source: Neatorama The universe we live in is so dynamic and expansive that we may not be able to keep up with it unless we make constant adjustments to our theories about its mechanisms. Astronomers have suggested that with the new rate at which the universe is expanding,

Author: Sinéad Baker / Source: INSIDER A new study led by a Nobel Prize winner found that the universe is younger and expanding faster than scientists thought. Astronomer Adam Riess used measurements from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to conclude that the universe is expanding 9% faster than

Author: Lisa Grossman / Source: Science News Earth may already have been visited by an object from outside our solar system — a meteor that burned up in the planet’s atmosphere in 2014, astronomers claim. If confirmed, it would be the first known interstellar object to have entered the

Author: Exuperist / Source: Neatorama Though we know of the existence of black holes and what their properties are, we haven’t actually seen one. That’s all going to change as the first data from the Event Horizon Telescope will be revealed. And it could show us a picture of an actual black hole.