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Bonanza of Black Holes, Hot DOGs: NASA's WISE Survey Uncovers Millions of Black Holes
August 29, 2012 — NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission has led to a bonanza of newfound supermassive black holes and extreme galaxies called hot DOGs, or dust-obscured galaxies. Images from the ... > full story -
Spacetime: A Smoother Brew Than We Knew
August 23, 2012 — Spacetime may be less like beer and more like sipping whiskey. Or so an intergalactic photo finish would suggest. Physicists reached this heady conclusion after studying the tracings of three photons ... > full story -
Intense Bursts of Star Formation Drive Fierce Galactic Winds
August 21, 2012 — Fierce galactic winds powered by an intense burst of star formation may blow gas right out of massive galaxies, shutting down their ability to make new ... > full story -
Phoenix Cluster Sets Record Pace at Forming Stars
August 15, 2012 — Astronomers have found an extraordinary galaxy cluster, one of the largest objects in the universe, that is breaking several important cosmic records. Observations of the Phoenix cluster with NASA's ... > full story -
'Cry' of a Shredded Star Heralds a New Era for Testing Relativity
August 2, 2012 — Last year, astronomers discovered a quiescent black hole in a distant galaxy that erupted after shredding and consuming a passing star. Now researchers have identified a distinctive X-ray signal ... > full story -
'Seeds' of Massive Black Holes Found at the Center of the Milky Way Galaxy
July 20, 2012 — Many galaxies contain enormous amounts of molecular gas in small areas near their nuclei. Highly condensed molecular gas is a birthplace of lots of stars. Moreover, it is considered to closely relate ... > full story -
A Wrinkle in Space-Time: Math Shows How Shockwaves Could Crinkle Space
July 19, 2012 — Mathematicians have come up with a new way to crinkle up the fabric of space-time -- at least in ... > full story -
How to Build a Middleweight Black Hole: New Model for Intermediate Black Hole Formation Parallels Growth of Giant Planets
July 19, 2012 — A new model shows how an elusive type of black hole can be formed in the gas surrounding their supermassive counterparts. In new research, scientists propose that intermediate-mass black holes -- ... > full story -
Heart of a Distant Quasar Observed With Unprecedented Sharpness: Sharpness Two Million Times Finer Than Human Vision
July 18, 2012 — Astronomers have observed the heart of a distant quasar with unprecedented sharpness, two million times finer than human vision. The observations form a crucial step towards the dramatic scientific ... > full story -
Belching Black Hole Proves a Biggie: First Known 'Middleweight' Black Hole
July 9, 2012 — Astronomers have found the first known "middleweight" black hole. Before it was found, astronomers had good evidence for only supermassive black holes -- ones a million to a billion times the mass of ... > full story
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