Dust particles in space form the basis for new stars and planets. But what do these particles consist of and how do they behave? Sascha Zeegers studied this. Ph.D. defence 1 November.
Astronomy
Nov 6, 2018
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A gigantic cold front in the Perseus galaxy cluster has been observed by a trio of X-ray telescopes.
Astronomy
Oct 29, 2018
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Almost all galaxy clusters experience mergers. While a merger takes place, a specific spiral pattern can often be observed in X-ray images. Such a spiral feature is due to the motion of the sloshing gas induced by a merger. ...
Astronomy
Oct 19, 2018
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One of NASA's space telescopes is back in business after a two-day shutdown.
Space Exploration
Oct 15, 2018
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Another NASA space telescope has shut down and halted science observations.
Astronomy
Oct 12, 2018
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Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, is 100 times closer to us than any other SMBH and therefore a prime candidate for studies of how matter radiates as it accretes onto ...
Astronomy
Oct 8, 2018
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Astronomers have used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to capture a dramatic image of an enormous tail of hot gas stretching for more than a million light years behind a group of galaxies that is falling into the ...
Astronomy
Sep 28, 2018
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Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover a ring of black holes or neutron stars in a galaxy 300 million light years from Earth.
Astronomy
Sep 7, 2018
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A team of researchers led by Costanza Argiroffi, an astronomer at the University of Palermo in Italy, has found evidence of a coronal mass ejection (CME) from a star that was not our sun—the first ever observed. They reported ...
This image shows data from a massive observing campaign that includes NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. These Chandra data have provided strong evidence for the existence of so-called intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs). ...
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