The NASA/JAXA X-ray spacecraft has allowed astronomers to dive into the metaphorical “eye of the storm” swirling around supermassive black holes.
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New satellite imagery reveals that Doñana National Park, one of Europe’s most valuable wetlands, is shrinking so rapidly that it could disappear within a human lifetime.
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Scientists have discovered that active supermassive black holes don’t just kill their home galaxies, but can also eradicate star formation for their neighbors.
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“This is a crucial step towards characterizing giant planets beyond our solar system.”
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered what seems to be a galaxy that is the most heavily dominated by dark matter ever seen.
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Scientists may have narrowed down the landing site of the Soviet Union’s Luna 9, which in 1966 became the first spacecraft to touch down softly on the moon.
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The Hubble and Chandra space telescopes are hunting for rogue black holes wandering through dwarf galaxies, which could provide a fossil record of how supermassive black hole growth in the early universe.
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“This data provides us with rare insight into how galaxies were transformed in the early universe.”
If a pair of black holes coalesce into one, much of that vast energy can be released in a few seconds.
An unusual tidal disruption event spotted by astronomers may be the result of an elusive intermediate mass black hole ripping apart a star.
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