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Microquasar Makes a Giant Manatee Nebula
January 19, 2013 — A new view of a 20,000-year old supernova remnant demonstrates the upgraded imaging power of the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array and provides more clues to the history ... > full story -
Galaxy's Gamma-Ray Flares Erupted Far from Its Black Hole
January 7, 2013 — In 2011, a months-long blast of energy launched by an enormous black hole almost 11 billion years ago swept past Earth. Using a combination of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and the ... > full story -
NASA's NuSTAR Catches Black Holes in Galaxy Web
January 7, 2013 — NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, set its X-ray eyes on a spiral galaxy and caught the brilliant glow of two black holes lurking ... > full story -
Detecting Dusty Clouds and Stars: New Radio Wave Technique Uncovers Shadows of Clouds and Stars in Milky Way's Center
January 7, 2013 — Researchers have discovered a new tool for detecting dusty clouds and stars in the center of the Milky Way galaxy: simply take a picture using radio waves. Unlike in the optical, X-ray and infrared ... > full story -
From Super to Ultra: Just How Big Can Black Holes Get?
December 18, 2012 — Some of the biggest black holes in the Universe may actually be even bigger than previously thought, according to a study using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray ... > full story -
How White Dwarfs Mimic Black Holes
December 17, 2012 — Astronomers have revealed that bright X-ray flares in nearby galaxies, once assumed to indicate the presence of black holes, can in fact be produced by white dwarfs. They made the discovery by ... > full story -
Study Reveals a Remarkable Symmetry in Black Hole Jets
December 13, 2012 — Black holes range from modest objects formed when individual stars end their lives to behemoths billions of times more massive that rule the centers of galaxies. A new study using data from NASA's ... > full story -
Astronomers Discover 'Missing Link' of Black Holes
December 12, 2012 — The discovery of a binging black hole in our nearest neighbouring galaxy, Andromeda, has shed new light on some of the brightest X-ray sources seen in other galaxies, according to a new ... > full story -
Black Holes Have Properties That Resemble Dynamics of Both Solids and Liquids
December 11, 2012 — Black holes are surrounded by many mysteries, but now researchers have come up with new groundbreaking theories that can explain several of their properties. The research shows that black holes have ... > full story -
X-Ray Vision Can Reveal Moment of Birth of Violent Supernovae
December 7, 2012 — Astronomers have uncovered new evidence that suggests that X-ray detectors in space could be the first to witness new supernovae that signal the death of massive ... > full story
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