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Galaxy Collision Switches on Black Hole

Galaxy Collision Switches on Black Hole

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created 4 hours ago | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- This composite image of data from three different telescopes shows an ongoing collision between two galaxies, NGC 6872 and IC 4970.


Cassini closes in on the centuries-old mystery of Saturn's moon Iapetus

Cassini closes in on the centuries-old mystery of Saturn's moon Iapetus

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 6 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Extensive analyses and modeling of Cassini imaging and heat-mapping data have confirmed and extended previous ideas that migrating ice, triggered by infalling reddish dust that darkens and warms the surface, ...


Suzaku catches retreat of a black hole's disk

Suzaku catches retreat of a black hole's disk

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created 9 hours ago | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies of one of the galaxy's most active black-hole binaries reveal a dramatic change that will help scientists better understand how these systems expel fast-moving particle jets.


Fermi sees brightest-ever blazar flare

Fermi sees brightest-ever blazar flare

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A galaxy located billions of light-years away is commanding the attention of NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and astronomers around the globe. Thanks to a series of flares that began ...


Swift spacecraft

Magnetic Power Revealed in Gamma-Ray Burst Jet

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- A specialized camera on a telescope operated by U.K. astronomers from Liverpool has made the first measurement of magnetic fields in the afterglow of a gamma-ray burst (GRB). The result is ...


XMM-Newton celebrates decade of discovery

XMM-Newton celebrates decade of discovery

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory is celebrating its 10th anniversary. During its decade of operation, this remarkable space observatory has supplied new data for every aspect of astronomy. ...



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