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Chinese Astronomers Spot Two New Hypervelocity Stars
A team of Chinese astronomers has just discovered two new hypervelocity stars, a rare type of star that is still…
Astronomers Find a Rogue Supermassive Black Hole, Kicked out by a Galactic Collision
A new study by a research team from the Max Planck Institute may have found a black hole that was…
Supermassive Black Holes In Distant Galaxies Are Mysteriously Aligned
Recent findings from a team of researchers in South Africa have shown that supermassive black holes in distance are all…
10 Interesting Facts About the Milky Way
The Milky Way Galaxy is an immense and very interesting place. Not only does it measure some 120,000–180,000 light-years in…
Planets Could Travel Along with Rogue ‘Hypervelocity’ Stars, Spreading Life Throughout the Universe
In a series of new studies, Harvard astronomers show that hypervelocity stars are common in our Universe and could be…
Astronomers Poised to Capture Image of Supermassive Milky Way Black Hole
Scientists have long suspected that supermassive black holes (SMBH) reside at the center of every large galaxy in our universe.…
Did a Galactic Smashup Kick Out a Supermassive Black Hole?
Crazy things can happen when galaxies collide, as they sometimes do. Although individual stars rarely impact each other, the gravitational…
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Navigating the Cosmos by Quasar
50 million light-years away a quasar resides in the hub of galaxy NGC 4438, an incredibly bright source of light…
Galactic Gas Cloud Could Help Spot Hidden Black Holes
The heart of our Milky Way galaxy is an exotic place. It's swarming with gigantic stars, showered by lethal blasts…
Black Hole Jets Might Be Molded by Magnetism
Visible-light Hubble image of the jet emitted by the 3-billion-solar-mass black hole at the heart of galaxy M87 (Feb. 1998)…