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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 -
Seven Primitive Galaxies at the Dawn of Time
December 12, 2012 — Astronomers have uncovered a previously unseen population of seven primitive galaxies that formed more than 13 billion years ago, when the universe was less than 3 percent of its present age. The ... > 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 -
Little Telescope Spies Gigantic Galaxy Clusters
December 6, 2012 — Our solar system, with its colorful collection of planets, asteroids and comets, is a fleck in the grander cosmos. Hundreds of billions of solar systems are thought to reside in our Milky Way galaxy, ... > full story -
Searching for the Best Black Hole Recipe
December 6, 2012 — In this holiday season of home cooking and carefully-honed recipes, some astronomers are asking: what is the best mix of ingredients for stars to make the largest number of plump black holes? They ... > full story -
Hubble Sees a Galaxy Hit a Bullseye
December 6, 2012 — In Hubble’s image, NGC 922 clearly reveals itself not to be a normal spiral galaxy. The spiral arms are disrupted, a stream of stars extends out towards the top of the image, and a bright ring ... > full story -
Galaxy-Wide Echoes from the Past: VLT Observations Identify Very Rare New Kind of Galaxy
December 5, 2012 — A new galaxy class has been identified using observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), the Gemini South telescope, and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). Nicknamed ... > full story -
Andromeda Wants You! Astronomers Ask Public to Find Star Clusters in Hubble Images
December 5, 2012 — Astronomers are seeking volunteers to explore the galaxy next door, Andromeda. The Andromeda Project will use people power to examine thousands of Hubble Space Telescope images of the galaxy to ... > full story -
Census of the Invisible Universe Reveals Extraordinary High Star-Formation Rates Across History of the Universe
December 4, 2012 — By combining the observing powers of ESA’s Herschel space observatory and the ground-based Keck telescopes, astronomers have characterized hundreds of previously unseen starburst galaxies, ... > full story -
Hubble Spots a Peculiar Compact Blue Dwarf Galaxy
December 3, 2012 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured an impressive image of the irregular galaxy NGC 5253. NGC 5253 is one of the nearest of the known Blue Compact Dwarf (BCD) galaxies, and is located at a ... > full story
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