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York University Team Finds Evidence Of New Black Hole Or Neutron Star
June 14, 2004 Researchers at York University have announced the discovery of what they believe is a brand new black hole or neutron ... > full story -
Smoking Gun Found For Gamma-Ray Burst In Milky Way
June 3, 2004 Combined data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and infrared observations with the Palomar 200-inch telescope have uncovered evidence that a gamma-ray burst, one of nature's most ... > full story -
Discovering Missing Black Holes: First Science From A Virtual Observatory
May 31, 2004 A European team has used the Astrophysical Virtual Observatory (AVO) to find 30 supermassive black holes that had previously escaped detection behind masking dust ... > full story -
Giant Galaxy's Violent Past Comes Into Focus
May 11, 2004 Long-exposure images of the giant elliptical galaxy M87 by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, together with radio observations, have provided spectacular evidence of repetitive outbursts from the ... > full story -
Radio Astronomers Lift 'Fog' On Milky Way's Dark Heart; Black Hole Fits Inside Earth's Orbit
April 2, 2004 Thirty years after astronomers discovered the mysterious object at the exact center of our Milky Way Galaxy, an international team of scientists has finally succeeded in directly measuring the size ... > full story -
Information Paradox Solved? If So, Black Holes Are 'Fuzzballs'
March 4, 2004 The finding suggests that black holes are not smooth, featureless entities as scientists have long thought. Instead, they are stringy ... > full story -
Enigmatic X-Ray Sources May Point To New Class Of Black Holes
March 2, 2004 Mysterious, powerful X-ray sources found in nearby galaxies may represent a new class of objects, according to data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. These sources, which are not as hot as ... > full story -
Scientists Watch 'Movie' Of Neutron Star Explosion In Real-Time
February 24, 2004 Scientists at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) and NASA have captured unprecedented details of the swirling flow of gas hovering just a few miles from the surface of a ... > full story -
Giant Black Hole Rips Apart Unlucky Star In Cosmic Reality Show
February 19, 2004 Thanks to two orbiting X-ray observatories, astronomers have the first strong evidence of a supermassive black hole ripping apart a star and consuming a portion of ... > full story -
New Study Shows How Black Holes Get Their 'Kicks'
February 4, 2004 When black holes collide, look out! An enormous burst of gravitational radiation results as they violently merge into one massive black hole. The "kick" that occurs during the collision could ... > full story
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