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New Surveys Peer Through Dust to Reveal Giant Supermassive Black Holes
October 8, 2012 — Scientists have used cutting-edge infrared surveys of the sky to discover a new population of enormous, rapidly growing supermassive black holes in the early Universe. The black holes were previously ... > full story -
NASA's Swift Satellite Discovers a New Black Hole in Milky Way Galaxy
October 5, 2012 — NASA's Swift satellite recently detected a rising tide of high-energy X-rays from a source toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The outburst, produced by a rare X-ray nova, announced the ... > full story -
Mass of Dark Matter Revealed by Precise Measurements of the Galaxy
October 5, 2012 — Astronomers have succeeded in precisely determining the astronomical yardstick for the Galaxy based upon precise distance measurements from advanced radio telescopes. The new findings are that the ... > full story -
Star Discovered Racing Around Black Hole at Center of Our Galaxy: Crucial to Revealing Fabric of Space and Time
October 4, 2012 — Astronomers report the discovery of a remarkable star that orbits the enormous black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy in a blistering 11-and-a-half years, the shortest known orbit of any ... > full story -
Surprising Black Hole Discovery Changes Picture of Globular Star Clusters
October 3, 2012 — An unexpected discovery is forcing scientists to rethink their understanding of the environment in globular star clusters, tight-knit collections containing hundreds of thousands of stars. The ... > full storyMore: -
Case of Missing Quasar Gas Clouds Now Solved
October 2, 2012 — The case of the missing quasar gas clouds has been solved. A new article describes 19 distant quasars whose giant clouds of gas seem to have disappeared in just a few ... > full story -
Hubble Portrays a Dusty Spiral Galaxy
September 30, 2012 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided another outstanding image of a nearby galaxy -- NGC 4183, seen with a beautiful backdrop of distant galaxies and nearby stars. Located about 55 ... > full story -
Measuring the Universe’s 'Exit Door': For the First Time, an International Team Has Measured the Radius of a Black Hole
September 27, 2012 — The point of no return: In astronomy, it's known as a black hole -- a region in space where the pull of gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. Black holes that can be billions ... > full storyMore: -
Farthest Ever View of the Universe Assembled by Combining 10 Years of NASA Hubble Space Telescope Photographs
September 25, 2012 — Like photographers assembling a portfolio of best shots, astronomers have assembled a new, improved portrait of humankind's deepest-ever view of the universe. Called the eXtreme Deep Field, or XDF, ... > full story -
NASA's Chandra Shows Milky Way Is Surrounded by Halo of Hot Gas
September 24, 2012 — Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to find evidence our Milky Way Galaxy is embedded in an enormous halo of hot gas that extends for hundreds of thousands of light years. The ... > full story
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