In June of 2018, telescopes around the world picked up a brilliant blue flash from the spiral arm of a galaxy 200 million light years away. The powerful burst appeared at first to be a supernova, though it was much faster ...
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Using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), astronomers have revealed the closest pair of supermassive black holes to Earth ever observed. The two objects also have a much smaller separation ...
Astronomy
Nov 30, 2021
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An international team of astronomers reports the detection of a black hole in a globular cluster known as NGC 1850. The newly found black hole is about 11 times more massive than the sun and turns out to be a part of a binary ...
Using the AstroSat spacecraft, astronomers from India have observed an X-ray binary system known as GRS 1915+105. The satellite allowed the researchers to conduct a comprehensive study of this object, yielding essential information ...
When two galaxies collide, the supermassive black holes at their cores release a devastating gravitational "kick," similar to the recoil from a shotgun. New research led by CU Boulder suggests that this kick may be so powerful ...
Astronomy
Nov 2, 2021
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An international team of astronomers has conducted radio observations of an active galactic nucleus (AGN) known as J1420+1205. Results of this observational campaign suggest that this source is not a blazar like was previously ...
Signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy may have been detected for the first time. This intriguing result, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, opens up a new window to search for exoplanets ...
Astronomy
Oct 25, 2021
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Most elements lighter than iron are forged in the cores of stars. A star's white-hot center fuels the fusion of protons, squeezing them together to build progressively heavier elements. But beyond iron, scientists have puzzled ...
Astronomy
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Astronomers have used the Ooty Radio Telescope (ORT) to probe a blazar known as J1415+1320. Results of the study deliver essential information regarding the variability of this peculiar source. The research was detailed in ...
Using space observatories and ground-based facilities, Chinese astronomers have investigated a blazar known as PG 1553+113. Results of this study shed more light on the behavior of this object, indicating that it hosts a ...
