On April 10, the world got to see the first image taken of a black hole in space, taken by the Event Horizon Telescope, a worldwide collaboration of astronomers and astrophysicists including a substantial team at the University ...
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Apr 18, 2019
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The first picture of a supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy shows how we have, in a sense, observed the invisible.
Astronomy
Apr 11, 2019
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Astronomers on Wednesday unveiled the first photo of a black hole, one of the star-devouring monsters scattered throughout the Universe and obscured by impenetrable shields of gravity.
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Apr 10, 2019
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Researchers often assume that massive galaxies host supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in their nuclei. In recent years, observers have sought galaxies that might contain an SMBH that is displaced from its equilibrium position. ...
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Aug 23, 2018
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Astronomers at Yale and Harvard have found a galaxy with a heartbeat—and they've taken its pulse.
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Nov 16, 2015
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Weighing 6.6 billion solar masses, the black hole at the center of galaxy M87 is the most massive black hole for which a precise mass has been measured. Using the Frederick C. Gillett Gemini Telescope on ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- This image shows the eruption of a galactic "super-volcano" in the massive galaxy M87.
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Aug 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a worldwide combination of diverse telescopes, astronomers have discovered that a giant galaxy's bursts of very high energy gamma rays are coming from a region very close to the supermassive black hole ...
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Jul 2, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A flare-up in a jet of matter blasting from a monster black hole is giving astronomers an incredible light show.
Astronomy
Apr 14, 2009
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