Is there a Black Hole inside our Sun?
There’s a hole inside our Sun. A mass equivalent to 1,500 Earths has disappeared. Tracking this over time could change the way we see stars. There’s a hole inside our Sun. Right in the middle. A mass the size of 1,500 Earths has simply disappeared. Much of what we know about the Sun’s behavior says it should be there – but when we interpret the data encoded in the Sun’s light, that mass is nowhere to be seen. Analysis of the transmission of sound and light from the Sun’s surface using a new three-dimensional model, as opposed to the usual 2D models, suggests that the Sun has a much different…
Is interstellar travel possible? Some arguments and questions
Interstellar travel is possible, says a team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Georgia Gwinnett College. Through numerical simulations and computer calculations, they have observed that rotating black holes can be traversed. Scientists wanted to test whether Cooper (played by Matthew McConaughey) in Christopher Nolan’s film “Interstellar” could survive crashing into Gargantua – a fictional, rotating, supermassive black hole about 100 million times the mass of our sun. The physical properties of this black hole were taken from the book written by Nobel laureate Kip Thorne, on which the film was based. Do rotating black holes make interstellar travel possible? These mysterious creatures called black holes are…
Historic astronomical discovery 1300 light-years away
In a remarkable discovery in modern astronomy, an international group of scientists has observed for the first time the early stages of planet formation around a young star, called HOPS-315. The star is located in the Orion Nebula, about 1,300 light-years from the Sun. The new discovery, published in the prestigious journal Nature on July 16, 2025, marks a crucial moment in understanding the processes that led to the formation of our own Solar System and offers a unique window into the cosmic past of the universe. In this article, we will explore the details of this epochal observation, the technologies used, the scientific implications, and what this discovery means…
