Ping Zhou

Astronomers have finally found compelling evidence that black holes are indeed born in supernovae. Around the black hole SS 433, a shell of hot gas is visible — like cooling steam from a massive star explosion that thundered 20,000–30,000 years ago.

In 1181, Chinese astronomers spotted a flash — likely the merger of two white dwarfs. Modern observations of the Pa 30 nebula barely pick up a radio signal. This means the explosion’s energy was extremely low, or particle acceleration works differently. The discovery forces us to rethink the nature

Astronomers have directly proven for the first time that a short gamma-ray burst is followed by a prolonged phase of soft X-ray emission. The discovery by the Einstein Probe telescope links gamma-ray bursts with gravitational waves and will allow more precise localization of neutron star and black h