Astrophysics & Cosmology

Black holes, dark matter, gravitational waves, and the big‑picture universe.

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martincid.com > science > black-hole-jets-universal-eddington-limit

Black hole jets switch on at 2% of maximum feeding — every size, same rule

10+ hour, 20+ min ago   (433+ words) Something switches on inside a black hole when its feeding rate drops to exactly 2% of maximum. At that precise fraction — identical whether the black hole is ten times the mass of the Sun or a billion times heavier — a jet…...


medium.com > @protect.environment.pk > the-universe-has-one-simple-secret-just-zoom-in-241b4f6916ac

‎The Universe has One simple secret: Just Zoom In....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (21+ words) How stars, waves and your own body all follow the same eule? Continue reading on Medium » Written by Protect Environment Pk...


miragenews.com > researchers-achieve-record-precision-in-cosmic-1741384

Researchers Achieve Record Precision in Cosmic Measurement

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (296+ words) MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (09/09/2026) — An international team, including researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, has reached a major milestone in "precision cosmology" by measuring the amount of helium created in the universe's first five minutes with unprecedented accuracy. The…...


newswise.com > articles > using-helium-astronomers-blow-certainty-into-early-big-bang-conditions

Using Helium, Astronomers Blow Certainty Into Early Big Bang Conditions

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (545+ words) Newswise — COLUMBUS, Ohio – New observations regarding the composition of distant galaxies reveal insights into the earliest phases of the universe that confirm decades of scientific understanding of the elements and particles produced by the Big Bang, according to a new…...


newswise.com > articles > researchers-pinpoint-key-early-universe-measurement-with-record-precision

Researchers Pinpoint Key Early-Universe Measurement with Record Precision

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (315+ words) The research team focused on 15 of the most "pristine" small, remote galaxies ever discovered for these papers. Newswise — MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (09/09/2026) — An international team, including researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, has reached a major milestone in "precision…...


martincid.com > science > meerkat-hydrogen-intensity-mapping-direct-detection

Cosmic hydrogen from 5 billion light-years was hidden in MeerKAT data since 2018

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (271+ words) The result covers two redshift windows, z ≈ 0.32 and z ≈ 0.44, corresponding to hydrogen variations measured across scales of several million light-years, roughly comparable to the separation between the Milky Way and Andromeda. It is a narrow slice of cosmic history. But…...


martincid.com > science > star-formation-hydrogen-mystery

Star birth is down 60% — the universe’s hydrogen supply is mostly intact – Martin Cid Magazine

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (695+ words) The finding, in Nature Astronomy, comes from researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their international partners in the DESI collaboration. It is the largest direct measurement of cosmic hydrogen reserves ever made. It resolves a decades-old question about…...


miragenews.com > shedding-light-on-microbial-dark-matter-1737856

Shedding Light On "microbial Dark Matter"

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (400+ words) From left: Postdoctoral Researcher Arisa Nishihara, Senior Research Scientist Shingo Kato, Microbe Division (RIKEN JCM), RIKEN BioResource Research Center © 2026 RIKEN JCM staff collect and store microbial strains discovered and cultured by microbiologists from around the world. In addition to genomic…...


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Northwestern researcher shares promising new clue in dark matter mystery

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (39+ words) FOX 32 Chicago Northwestern University physics professor Eric Dahl explains new research that could offer one of the strongest clues yet in the decades-long search to understand dark matter....