New observations have confirmed a key step in the process of star formation: a rotating "cosmic wind" made of molecules, which is vitally important for collapsing gas clouds to contract sufficiently so as to form a hot, dense ...
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Oct 19, 2023
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Through the study of the optical to extreme ultraviolet radiation generated by the accretion of supermassive black holes at the centers of quasars, Associate Professor Cai Zhenyi and Professor Wang Junxian from the Department ...
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Oct 6, 2023
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The nearby radio galaxy M87, located 55 million light-years from the Earth and harboring a black hole 6.5 billion times more massive than the sun, exhibits an oscillating jet that swings up and down with an amplitude of about ...
Astronomy
Sep 27, 2023
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A new Northwestern University-led study is changing the way astrophysicists understand the eating habits of supermassive black holes.
Astronomy
Sep 20, 2023
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Last year, Northwestern University researchers reported new observational evidence that long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) can result from the merger of a neutron star with another compact object (either another neutron star or ...
Astronomy
Aug 31, 2023
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Nothing can evoke an existential perspective-spiral quite like looking at an image of a galaxy. At first glance, these sublime structures may appear rather serene. But in fact the center of many galaxies is a turbulent environment ...
Astronomy
Aug 25, 2023
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With the observational data of the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), the first X-ray astronomical satellite of China, Dr. Ding Guoqiang from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...
Astronomy
Aug 4, 2023
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Astronomers from Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators have found five Green Pea (GP) galaxies with double-peaked narrow lines among nearly 1,550 GP galaxies. ...
Astronomy
Jul 31, 2023
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Black holes are the most mysterious objects in the universe, with features that sound like they come straight from a sci-fi movie.
Astronomy
Jul 26, 2023
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Supermassive black holes that weigh several billion times the mass of our sun are present at the centers of active galaxies. Astronomers observe them as bright galactic cores where the galaxy's supermassive black hole devours ...
Astronomy
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