Black hole loses its appetite for gassy cloud
(Phys.org) —In a showdown of black hole versus G2 – a cloud of gas and dust – it looks like G2 won.
Astronomy
Nov 20, 2014
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US and Mexican astronomers develop new model of star formation
(Phys.org) —Astronomers working to estimate the rate of star formation inside murky distant galaxies, those shrouded in dust clouds that make it very difficult to study them, have published data from a brand new instrument, ...
Astronomy
Nov 7, 2014
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Fifteen years of NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory
This Chandra X-ray Observatory image of the Hydra A galaxy cluster was taken on Oct. 30, 1999, with the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) in an observation that lasted about six hours.
Astronomy
Oct 31, 2014
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Researchers offer possible explanation for lack of radiation flash from gas cloud interaction with Milky Way black hole
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Germany has offered a possible explanation for the lack of fireworks during the interaction between a gas cloud and the black hole believed to be at the center ...
Violent birth announcement from an infant star
(Phys.org) —This Hubble image shows IRAS 14568-6304, a young star that is cloaked in a haze of golden gas and dust. It appears to be embedded within an intriguing swoosh of dark sky, which curves through the image and obscures ...
Astronomy
Jun 6, 2014
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Galactic archaeologists uncover new insights into the formation of the earliest stars and galaxies
A team of Galactic archaeologists has uncovered new insights into the formation of the earliest stars and galaxies by observing the chemical signatures of ancient 'fossil' stars present in the outer and inner halos encircling ...
Astronomy
May 5, 2014
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Researchers find young galaxies not behaving as expected
(Phys.org) —New Herschel Space Observatory findings have given scientists a remarkable insight into the internal dynamics of two young galaxies. Surprisingly, they have shown that just a few billion years after the big ...
Astronomy
Apr 30, 2014
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Unique pair of supermassive black holes in an ordinary galaxy discovered
(Phys.org) —A pair of supermassive black holes in orbit around one another have been discovered by an international research team including Stefanie Komossa from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany. ...
Astronomy
Apr 22, 2014
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Novel study uncovers the way coughs and sneezes stay airborne for long distances
The next time you feel a sneeze coming on, raise your elbow to cover up that multiphase turbulent buoyant cloud you're about to expel.
General Physics
Apr 8, 2014
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Gas cloud's fate could reveal information on growth of supermassive black holes
(Phys.org) —Right now a doomed gas cloud is edging ever closer to the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. These black holes feed on gas and dust all the time, but astronomers rarely get to see ...
Astronomy
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