• Space
  • By Dan Talpalariu
  • October 17th, 2008
Old Galactic Collision Points to Early Massive Black Holes

Old Galactic Collision Points to Early Massive Black Holes

Both the dead and the alive galaxy had huge black hole core

  • Space
  • By Dan Talpalariu
  • October 15th, 2008
Fastest Stars from Milky Way Are Not Native

Fastest Stars from Milky Way Are Not Native

They may have come from a dwarf galaxy merging with ours

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 30th, 2008
Maximum Weight of Massive Black Holes Established

Maximum Weight of Massive Black Holes Established

Astronomers at Yale set a limit for how big black holes can actually get

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • July 30th, 2008
Galaxies Develop Bar-shaped Arms in Time

Galaxies Develop Bar-shaped Arms in Time

Evidence shows barred galaxies were much scarce in the past

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • July 25th, 2008
Supernova Explosion Appears to Resemble GRB

Supernova Explosion Appears to Resemble GRB

SN 2008D close to generating a gamma-ray burst

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • July 24th, 2008
Stellar Cradle Discovered Near Galaxy's Black Hole

Stellar Cradle Discovered Near Galaxy's Black Hole

Star formation process observed in ring-shaped cloud around Sagittarius A*

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • July 24th, 2008
Observations Confirm Theory: Quasars Have Accretion Discs

Observations Confirm Theory: Quasars Have Accretion Discs

Light polarizing technique reveals the accretion discs around black holes

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • July 17th, 2008
Weighing Supermassive Black Holes with Light

Weighing Supermassive Black Holes with Light

Decade old prediction regarding black holes confirmed

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • July 9th, 2008
Gamma-ray Burst Afterglows Move from Bright to Brighter

Gamma-ray Burst Afterglows Move from Bright to Brighter

Short gamma-ray burst afterglows brighter than models suggest

Black Holes and Qubits Appear to Have Quite A Lot in Common

Black Holes and Qubits Appear to Have Quite A Lot in Common

New discovery mathematically links qubits to branes

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • July 2nd, 2008
Future Space Mission Could Study the Weird Space Surrounding Black Holes

Future Space Mission Could Study the Weird Space Surrounding Black Holes

GEMS may be aprooved by NASA next spring

Black Holes in LHC Small Enough to Be Ignored

Black Holes in LHC Small Enough to Be Ignored

Dangerous black holes in LHC don't make any sense

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • June 12th, 2008
GLAST Blasts into Space

GLAST Blasts into Space

Science operations expected to start in August

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • June 11th, 2008
Gamma-ray Observatory Finds New Exotic Binary System

Gamma-ray Observatory Finds New Exotic Binary System

Integral marks the discovery of the fifteenth HMXB

New X-ray Nanomirror Developed at MIT

New X-ray Nanomirror Developed at MIT

The device could make X-ray telescopes at least five times more powerful

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • June 7th, 2008
Astronomers Find the Most Distant Quasar in the Universe

Astronomers Find the Most Distant Quasar in the Universe

Young quasar spotted close to the edge of the universe

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • June 6th, 2008
Expected Eclipse Could Reveal the Secrets of Epsilon Aurigae

Expected Eclipse Could Reveal the Secrets of Epsilon Aurigae

Thrid interacting object could create a flare visible from Earth

 
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