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New Class Of Black Holes Discovered
A new class of black hole,
more than 500 times the mass
of the Sun, has been
discovered by an
international team of
astronomers. ... > full story
Super-energetic Bursts Discovered Near Giant Black Hole
Combining gamma-ray
telescopes with the
supersharp radio 'vision' of
the Very Long Baseline Array
showed astronomers the
location from which
... > full story
Galaxies Coming Of Age In Cosmic Blobs
The "coming of age" of
galaxies and black holes has
been pinpointed, thanks to
new data from NASA's Chandra
X-ray Observatory and other
telescopes. This discovery
helps resolve the true
... > full story
New Class Of Dim Supernovae
The colossal stellar
explosions called supernovae
come in many kinds and
flavors. Some of them are
produced when a massive star
reaches the end of its life
in a sudden gravitational
... > full story
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Stellar Explosion Displays Massive Carbon Footprint
June 2, 2009 — While humans are still struggling to get rid of unwanted carbon it appears that the heavens are really rather good at it. New research by astrophysicists has discovered that a mystery stellar ... > full story -
Ghost Remains After Black Hole Eruption
May 29, 2009 — NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has found a cosmic "ghost" lurking around a distant supermassive black hole. This is the first detection of such a high-energy apparition, and scientists think it is ... > full story -
XMM-Newton Takes Astronomers To A Black Hole's Edge
May 28, 2009 — Using new data from ESA's XMM-Newton spaceborne observatory, astronomers have probed closer than ever to a supermassive black hole lying deep at the core of a distant active ... > full story -
Hundreds Of Rogue Black Holes May Roam The Milky Way, Swallowing Anything That Gets Too Close
April 29, 2009 — It sounds like the plot of a sci-fi movie: Rogue black holes roaming our galaxy, threatening to swallow anything that gets too close. In fact, new calculations suggest that hundreds of massive black ... > full story -
New Gamma-Ray Burst Smashes Cosmic Distance Record
April 28, 2009 — Astronomers have found a gamma-ray burst from a star that died when the universe was only 630 million years old, or less than five percent of its present age. The event, dubbed GRB 090423, is the ... > full story -
Most Distant Detection Of Water In The Universe
April 26, 2009 — Astronomers have found the most distant signs of water in the Universe to date. The water vapor is thought to be contained in a jet ejected from a supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy, ... > full story -
Chandra Shows Shocking Impact Of Galaxy Jet From Supermassive Black Hole
April 24, 2009 — A survey by the Chandra X-ray observatory has revealed in detail, for the first time, the effects of a shock wave blasted through a galaxy by powerful jets of plasma emanating from a supermassive ... > full story -
Did 'Dark Gulping' Generate Black Holes In Early Universe?
April 23, 2009 — A process called 'dark gulping' may solve the mystery of the how supermassive black holes were able to form when the Universe was less than a billion years ... > full story -
Spectacular Flaring In Extragalactic Jet From M87's Black Hole
April 14, 2009 — A flare-up in a jet of matter blasting from a monster black hole is giving astronomers an incredible light show. The outburst is coming from a blob of matter, called HST-1, embedded in the jet, a ... > full story -
One Of Brightest Gamma-Ray Bursts Ever Seen
April 3, 2009 — Europe's Integral satellite has captured one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever seen. A meticulous analysis of the data has allowed astronomers to investigate the initial phases of this giant ... > full story
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