swift x-ray telescope
A Black Hole Nibbles on a Star Every 22 Days, Slowly Consuming it
Astronomers working with NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have spotted something unusual. The observatory's X-Ray Telescope (XRT) has captured emissions…
8 months ago
Thousands Of Supermassive Black Holes Could Lurk In New X-Ray Data
Supermassive black holes likely are behind most of the nearly 100,000 new X-ray sources plotted by the Swift X-ray Telescope,…
10 years ago
Suddenly Slowing Star Could Give Hints Of Its Interior
Why would a spinning star suddenly slow down? Even after writing a scientific paper about the phenomenon, astronomers still appear…
11 years ago