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Mystery of X-Ray Light from Black Holes Solved
June 14, 2013 — Astrophysicists using high-powered computer simulartions demonstrate that gas spiraling toward a black hole inevitably results in X-ray ... > full story -
NASA's Chandra Turns Up Black Hole Bonanza in Galaxy Next Door
June 12, 2013 — Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered an unprecedented bonanza of black holes in the Andromeda Galaxy, one of the nearest galaxies to the Milky Way. Using more ... > full story -
Black Hole Naps Amidst Stellar Chaos
June 11, 2013 — Nearly a decade ago, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory caught signs of what appeared to be a black hole snacking on gas at the middle of the nearby Sculptor galaxy. Now, NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic ... > full story -
Black Holes Abundant Among the Earliest Stars
June 5, 2013 — By comparing infrared and X-ray background signals across the same stretch of sky, astronomers have discovered evidence of a significant number of black holes that accompanied the first stars in the ... > full story -
Black Hole Powered Jets Plow Into Galaxy
May 15, 2013 — The intense gravity of a supermassive black hole can be tapped to produce immense power in the form of jets moving at millions of miles per ... > full story -
Milky Way Black Hole Snacks on Hot Gas
May 7, 2013 — The Herschel space observatory has made detailed observations of surprisingly hot gas that may be orbiting or falling towards the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our Milky Way ... > full story -
New Kind of Cosmic Flash May Reveal Birth of a Black Hole
May 3, 2013 — According to an astrophysicist, a new kind of cosmic flash may reveal something never seen before: the birth of a black ... > full story -
'Shockingly Bright' Burst of Gamma Rays from Dying Star in Distant Galaxy
May 3, 2013 — A record-setting blast of gamma rays from a dying star in a distant galaxy has wowed astronomers around the world. The eruption, which is classified as a gamma-ray burst, or GRB, and designated GRB ... > full story -
Using Black Holes to Measure the Universe's Rate of Expansion
April 22, 2013 — Scientists have developed a method that uses black holes to measure distances of billions of light years with a high degree of accuracy. The ability to measure these distances will allow scientists ... > full story -
Strange New Bursts of Gamma Rays Point to a New Way to Destroy a Star
April 16, 2013 — Scientists have pinpointed a new type of exceptionally powerful and long-lived cosmic explosion, prompting a theory that they arise in the violent death throes of a supergiant ... > full storyMore:
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