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Galaxy May Host ‘Death Spiral’ Of Two Black Holes Becoming One

4 Dec , 2013 by

Two black holes in the middle of a galaxy are gravitationally bound to each other and may be starting to merge, according to a new study. Astronomers came to that conclusion after studying puzzling behavior in what is known as WISE J233237.05-505643.5, a discovery that came from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). Follow-up studies came from […]

‘The New Cool’: How These Sharp Space Pictures Were Snapped From A Ground Telescope

3 Jul , 2013 by

Rise above Earth with a telescope, and one huge obstacle to astronomy is removed: the atmosphere. We love breathing that oxygen-nitrogen mix, but it’s sure not fun to peer through it. Ground-based telescopes have to deal with air turbulence and other side effects of the air we need to breathe. Enter adaptive optics — laser-based […]

Stunning, Colorful New Look at the Lagoon Nebula

5 May , 2011 by

[/caption] Wow, is this gorgeous or what?! Argentinean astronomers Julia Arias and Rodolfo Barbá used the Gemini South telescope in Chile to obtain this stunning new image, allowing us to dive right into part of the Lagoon Nebula (M8). This region of the Lagoon is sometimes called the “Southern Cliff” because it resembles a sharp […]

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