Tag Archive for 'black hole'

Artist’s impression of the GX 339-4 binary system, which consists of a 7-solar-mass black hole that accretes mass from its companion, a low-mass star, shown on the left (ESA / ATG medialab)

Herschel Sees Formation of Black-Hole Jets

Mar 20, 2013 by Sci-News.com

For the first time ever, a multinational team of astronomers from France, the UK, the United States, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and Australia, has...

This image of the supernova remnant W49B combines X-rays from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in blue and green, radio data from the NSF's Very Large Array in pink, and infrared data from Caltech's Palomar Observatory in yellow (X-ray: NASA / CXC / MIT / L.Lopez et al, infrared: Palomar, radio: NSF / NRAO / VLA)

Astronomers Find Milky Way’s Youngest Black Hole

Feb 15, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of astronomers suggests a supernova remnant, called W49B, contains the youngest black hole formed in our Milky Way Galaxy. This image...

Black hole merger (NASA / CXC / A. Hobart / Josh Barnes, Univesity of Hawaii / John Hibbard, NRAO)

Two Merging Black Holes May Have Irradiated Earth Around AD 775

Jan 21, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

According to a new study conducted by German astronomers Dr Valeri Hambaryan and Dr Ralph Neuhauser, an intense blast of high-energy radiation that struck...

Black holes grow faster than previously thought. This image shows a black hole in a star cluster (Gabriel Perez Diaz)

Study Reveals How Black Holes Grow

Jan 21, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Australian astronomers have discovered how supermassive black holes grow – and it’s not what was expected. Researchers have believed that...

This picture is an artist's impression showing how the binary star system of Sirius A and its diminutive blue companion, Sirius B, might appear to an interstellar visitor. Sirius B is one of the more massive white dwarfs known (NASA / ESA / G. Bacon / STScI)

White Dwarfs Can Mimic Black Holes, Astronomers Claim

Dec 17, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

According to an international team of astronomers, bright X-ray flares in nearby galaxies, once assumed to indicate the presence of black holes, can in...

This image shows the Andromeda galaxy, also known as M31, as seen in X-rays with ESA's XMM-Newton space observatory. The sequence of images at the top depict the center of the galaxy and were taken with XMM-Newton on four occasions during 2012 - these images illustrate the discovery of a new source labeled XMMU J004243.6+412519, highlighted with a circle (ESA / XMM-Newton / MPE)

Microquasar in Andromeda Galaxy Amazes Astronomers

Dec 14, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

With the combined power of Earth-orbiting X-ray telescopes, including NASA’s Swift and ESA’s XMM-Newton, an international team of astronomers has...

This image shows a black hole squashing star formation (NASA / JPL / Caltech)

Australian Astronomers in Search for Missing Hydrogen in Early Universe

Nov 21, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A study by Dr Stephen Curran of the University of Sydney and Dr Matthew Whiting of the CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science has addressed the mystery of why...

This Hubble image shows the Orion Nebula, also known as Messier 42 (ASA / ESA / M. Robberto / Space Telescope Science Institute / the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team)

Massive Black Hole in Orion Nebula, Only 1,300 Light-Years Away?

Oct 31, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Using sophisticated computer modeling programs, astrophysicists have shed light on the long-standing mystery of the binding force behind a cluster of unruly...

Swift J1745-26 with labels and scale of moon as it would appear in the field of view from Earth. This image is from September 18, 2012 when the source peaked in hard X-rays (NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center /S. Immler and H. Krimm)

Swift Discovers New Black Hole in Milky Way

Oct 9, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

The team of astrophysicists using NASA’s Swift satellite has discovered a rare X-ray nova in our Galaxy. According to the team, this object reveals...