Why the sun won't become a black hole
Will the sun become a black hole? No, it's too small for that!
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X-ray pulse detected near event horizon as black hole devours star
On Nov. 22, 2014, astronomers spotted a rare event in the night sky: A supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy, nearly 300 million light years from Earth, ripping apart a passing star. The event, known as a tidal ...
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Jan 9, 2019
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'Zombie' stars return from the dead
Black holes are among the most elusive objects in the universe, but research out of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) suggests the remnant cores of burned-out stars could be the key to making the first observation ...
Astronomy
Oct 31, 2018
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Researcher reports new information about black holes
New research by College of Charleston physics and astronomy professor Chris Fragile may help scientists discover more about intermediate mass black holes and the activities surrounding them.
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Aug 30, 2018
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Measuring white dwarf masses with gravitational lensing
Measuring the mass of a celestial body is one of the most challenging tasks in observational astronomy. The most successful method uses binary systems because the orbital parameters of the system depend on the two masses. ...
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Mar 19, 2018
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Scientists solve mystery of how most antimatter in the Milky Way forms
A team of international astrophysicists led by The Australian National University (ANU) has shown how most of the antimatter in the Milky Way forms.
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May 22, 2017
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A black hole in a low mass X-ray binary
A globular cluster is a roughly spherical ensemble of stars (as many as several million) that are gravitationally bound together, and typically located in the outer regions of galaxies. Low mass X-ray binary stars (LMXBs) ...
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Apr 24, 2017
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Star in closest orbit ever seen around black hole
Astronomers have found evidence of a star that whips around a likely black hole twice an hour. This could be the tightest orbital dance ever seen by a black hole and a companion star in our own Milky Way galaxy.
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Mar 13, 2017
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What are the different kinds of supernovae?
There are a few places in the universe that defy comprehension. And supernovae have got to be the most extreme places you can imagine. We're talking about a star with potentially dozens of times the size and mass of our own ...
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Mar 15, 2016
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Proof that some galaxies are LIERs
You might think that astronomers could easily tell the difference between a black hole and a white dwarf – but nature can be deceptive.
Astronomy
Jan 10, 2016
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