Articles Tagged “black”
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Enormous energy expelled from the center of the galaxy Centaurus A
This image shows the strikingly beautiful detail and energy jets of particles expelled from a supermassive black hole. The image was taken using radio telescopes located in the southern hemisphere of the Earth. Black hole…
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Astronomers have uncovered a burgeoning galactic metropolis, the most distant known in the early universe
Astronomers have uncovered a burgeoning galactic metropolis, the most distant known in the early universe. This ancient collection of galaxies presumably grew into a modern galaxy cluster similar to the massive ones seen today. The…
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After Growth Spurt, Supermassive Black Holes Spend Half Their Lives Veiled in Dust
Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii.…
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Fast Growing Primitive Black Holes Discovered
Quasars are active and very powerful black holes at the centre of distant galaxies. The black holes are extremely massive weighing between 100 million and 10 billion solar masses and rotating around the super massive…
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Extreme jets take new shape
Jets of particles streaming from black holes in far-away galaxies operate differently than previously thought, according to a study published today in Nature. The new study reveals that most of the jet’s light—gamma rays, the…
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Black Holes in Star Clusters Stir Up Time and Space
Within a decade scientists could be able to detect the merger of tens of pairs of black holes every year, according to a team of astronomers at the University of Bonn’s Argelander-Institut fuer Astronomie, who…