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Active galaxies are different near and far

Active galaxies are different near and far

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An ongoing X-ray survey undertaken by NASA's Swift spacecraft is revealing differences between nearby active galaxies and those located about halfway across the universe. Understanding these ...





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Black Holes Lead Galaxy Growth

Black Holes Lead Galaxy Growth

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers may have solved a cosmic chicken-and-egg problem -- the question of which formed first in the early Universe -- galaxies or the supermassive black holes seen at their cores.


Risk of aggressive breast cancer subtype three times higher for black women

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Lifestyle, age and weight have all been considered as risk factors for breast cancer. Now a study published in the open access journal Breast Cancer Research has found that even taking these factors into consideration, black ...


Black Hole Pumps Iron

Black Hole Pumps Iron

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- This composite image of the Hydra A galaxy cluster shows 10-million- degree gas observed by Chandra in blue and jets of radio emission observed by the Very Large Array in pink. Optical data ...


Chandra data reveal rapidly whirling black holes

Chandra data reveal rapidly whirling black holes

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created Jan 10, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (18) | comments 2

A new study using results from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory provides one of the best pieces of evidence yet that many supermassive black holes are spinning extremely rapidly. The whirling of these giant ...


Black hole outflows from Centaurus A detected with APEX

Black hole outflows from Centaurus A detected with APEX

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have a new insight into the active galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128), as the jets and lobes emanating from the central black hole have been imaged at submillimetre wavelengths for ...


An Intriguing, Glowing Galaxy

An Intriguing, Glowing Galaxy

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 1

A supermassive black hole may be responsible for the glowing appearance of galaxy 3C 305, located about 600 million light years away in the constellation Draco. Composite data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory ...


X-ray and Optical Image of NGC 4649

A new way to weigh giant black holes

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 16, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (23) | comments 5

How do you weigh the biggest black holes in the universe? One answer now comes from a completely new and independent technique that astronomers have developed using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.


Why Are Galaxies without Black Holes Uncommon?

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 30, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Recent calculations indicate that when two galaxies, and the supermassive black holes that lie at their centers, merge, these galactic 'marriages' frequently produce gravitational forces strong enough to kick the new combined ...


Rogue Black Holes May Roam the Milky Way

Rogue Black Holes May Roam the Milky Way

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (21) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- It sounds like the plot of a sci-fi movie: rogue black holes roaming our galaxy, threatening to swallow anything that gets too close. In fact, new calculations by Ryan O'Leary and Avi Loeb ...


Stars forming just beyond black hole's grasp at galactic center

Stars Forming Just Beyond Black Hole’s Grasp at Galactic Center

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The center of the Milky Way presents astronomers with a paradox: it holds young stars, but no one is sure how those stars got there. The galactic center is wracked with powerful gravitational ...



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