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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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Comet Lemmon, Now in STEREO

April 24, 2013

An icy interloper was in the sights of a NASA spacecraft this past weekend. Comet 2012 F6 Lemmon passed through the field of view of NASA’s HI2A camera as seen from its solar observing STEREO Ahead spacecraft. As seen in the animation above put together by Robert Kaufman, Comet Lemmon is now displaying a fine [...]

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NuSTAR Puts New Spin On Supermassive Black Holes

February 27, 2013

Checking out the spin rate on a supermassive black hole is a great way for astronomers to test Einstein’s theory under extreme conditions – and take a close look at how intense gravity distorts the fabric of space-time. Now, imagine a monster … one that has a mass of about 2 million times that of [...]

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NASA: Reaches for New Heights – Greatest Hits Video

January 25, 2013

Video Caption: At NASA, we’ve been a little busy: landing on Mars, developing new human spacecraft, going to the space station, working with commercial partners, observing the Earth and the Sun, exploring our solar system and understanding our universe. And that’s not even everything.Credit: NASA Check out this cool action packed video titled “NASA: Reaching [...]

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First Light Image for NuSTAR

June 29, 2012

Here is the first image taken by the newest space mission, NuSTAR, or the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, the first space telescope with the ability to see the highest energy X-rays in our universe and produce crisp images of them. “Today, we obtained the first-ever focused images of the high-energy X-ray universe,” said Fiona Harrison, [...]

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