Jonathan Gilbert

Jonathan Gilbert

Live Science contributor

Jonathan is an educator based in Hungary with a passion for astronomy. He enjoys communicating science stories in astrophysics and cosmology. He has a bachelor's degree in astrophysics from Cardiff University and a PhD in astronomy from Queen Mary University of London. In his spare time he enjoys hiking with his family and exploring the night sky.

Latest articles by Jonathan Gilbert

An illustration of two supermassive black holes about to collide as gravitational waves spill into space

'Final parsec problem' that makes supermassive black holes impossible to explain could finally have a solution

By Jonathan Gilbert published

A new study helps solve the "final parsec problem" that has made supermassive black hole formation impossible to explain, pointing to a strange form of dark matter as the key.

Black Holes
A telescope image of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy orbiting the Milky Way that contains clues to the early composition of the universe.

Scientists find one of the oldest stars in the universe in a galaxy right next to ours

By Jonathan Gilbert published

An ancient star discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud has revealed the chemical fingerprint of the early universe. It hints that conditions were not the same everywhere when the first stars forged the elements for life.

Astronomy
Young stars blaze to life in the Orion Nebula. New research suggests that still-forming stars like these may become ‘infected’ with ancient black holes, leading to their destruction.

Some stars may be 'infected' with black holes that destroy them from within, new study hints

By Jonathan Gilbert published

Could dark matter be made of mini black holes that formed in the early universe? One way to find out is to look for missing stars, destroyed by primordial black holes, a new study suggests.

Black Holes