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azernews.azscience27 days ago
Astronomers detect signs of wind from Milky Way’s central black hole
Researchers report a cone-shaped cavity in cold gas near Sagittarius A* that they attribute to an outflow of hot gas. The finding follows five years of observations with radio and X-ray telescopes.
Science Newsscience39 days ago
Astronomers Detect Only Mild Wind from Milky Way’s Central Black Hole
New observations show a cone-shaped gap near the Milky Way’s central black hole, indicating a hot wind is blowing away cold gas. The findings appear in Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Wiredworld50 days ago
Study Links Heavy Black Holes to Repeated Mergers
A new analysis of 153 gravitational-wave detections found that black holes above roughly 45 solar masses show rapid, misaligned spins consistent with prior mergers. The pattern supports formation inside dense stellar clusters rather than direct stellar collapse.
world60 days ago
First Cameras Installed This Summer on Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope in Chile
The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope, perched at 5,600 metres in Chile's Atacama Desert, will soon receive quantum sensor cameras developed by Canadian researchers. Scott Chapman and Mike Fich described the project as opening a new window on the universe at a fraction of space-…
Engadgettechnology63 days ago
James Webb Telescope Maps Cosmic Web from When Universe Was a Few Hundred Million Years Old
A research team has created the highest-resolution map yet of the cosmic web, revealing its structure when the universe was only a few hundred million years old. The observations, published in The Astrophysical Journal, resolve features previously unseen and allow study of galaxy…
uctoday.comscience63 days ago
Astronomers Report Possible Most Massive Pair of Black Holes
Observations of a galaxy 4.4 billion light-years away suggest the presence of two ultramassive black holes with a combined mass 60 billion times that of the sun. The pair, located in a 3,200 light-year star-free void, appears to be spiraling toward a merger.
medium.comworld66 days ago
James Webb Telescope Finds LHS 3844 b Is a Barren, Airless World With Volcanic Rock Surface
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the first direct look at the surface of the rocky exoplanet LHS 3844 b, also known as Kua’kua, revealing a dark, airless world dominated by ancient volcanic rock. The observations, published this week in Nature Astronomy, show a pla…
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Scientists Quantify Energy Output of Black Hole Cygnus X-1 Jets Traveling at Half Light Speed
A new study published in Nature Astronomy has measured the energy produced by the black hole Cygnus X-1, revealing jets that travel at half the speed of light and shine as bright as 10,000 suns. The research combined global radio telescope data to analyze the black hole’s plasma…
bleedingcool.comworld92 days ago
Study Revises Estimate for Universe's End to Earlier Timeline
Researchers have revised the estimated time until the universe ceases to exist to a shorter period than previously calculated. The study, reported by nypost.com, indicates this change based on new analysis. Details of the revision and its basis remain limited in available reports…