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Black Holes

Star’s Dying Gasp May Signal Black Hole’s Birth

May 5, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter A distinctive flash of light emanating from a dying star may make it possible for astronomers to watch a black hole being born, according to new research. This burst of light, which might last three to 10 days, could be visible [...]

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Astronomers Watch as a Black Hole Eats a Rogue Planet

April 2, 2013

In Star Wars, the Millennium Falcon narrowly escaped being devoured by an exogorth (space slug) slumbering inside an asteroid crater. An unsuspecting rogue giant planet wasn’t as lucky. Astronomers using the Integral space observatory were able to watch as the planet was eaten by a black hole that had been inactive for decades. It woke [...]

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Super-fast Duo: Black Hole and Star Break Speed Records

March 20, 2013

A group of telescopes and astronomers have worked together to help identify a star and a black hole that orbit each other at the dizzying rate of once every 2.4 hours, smashing the previous record by nearly an hour. Remove this ad

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Combining Light to Reveal Monster Black Holes

December 13, 2012

NGC 3627 glows in the combined light of Hubble, Chandra, Spitzer and the Very Large Telescope in this image. Astronomers conducted a survey of 62 galaxies, including NGC 3627 to study monster black holes at their centers. It’s not just pretty, it’s science. Like a starry watercolor, astronomers combining light from Earth and space-based observatories [...]

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The Milky Way’s Black Hole Shoots Out Brightest Flare Ever

November 7, 2012

This false-color image shows the central region of our Milky Way Galaxy as seen by Chandra. The bright, point-like source at the center of the image was produced by a huge X-ray flare that occurred in the vicinity of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Image: NASA/MIT/F. Baganoff et al. For [...]

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