Black Holes
Ghostly Jets Haunt the Milky Way’s Black Hole
[/caption] A ghost is haunting the Milky Way's central black hole, revealing the galactic nucleus was likely much more active…
A Planetary System That Never Was Teaches About Those That May Be
While Kepler and similar missions are turning up planets by the fist full, there's long been many places that astronomers…
Black Holes are More Like Venus Fly Traps than Vacuum Cleaners
[/caption] I’m going to try and say this before the Bad Astronomer does: Holy Haleakala! A team of astronomers using…
Chandra Witnesses Big Blast from an Old Black Hole
[/caption] Astronomers keeping an eye out for a supernova explosion in the nearby galaxy M83 instead witnessed a prodigious blast…
The Heavens are Ablaze With Blazars
[/caption] From a JPL press release: Astronomers are actively hunting a class of supermassive black holes throughout the universe called…
Journal Club – Black Holes Made All The Difference
[/caption] According to Wikipedia, a journal club is a group of individuals who meet regularly to critically evaluate recent articles…
Can “Warp Speed” Planets Zoom Through Interstellar Space?
[/caption]Nearly ten years ago, astronomers were stunned to discover a star that had been apparently flung from its own system…
X-rays Reveal a Stellar-Mass Black Hole in Andromeda
[/caption] An ultraluminous x-ray source (ULX) previously spotted in the neighboring Andromeda galaxy by NASA's Chandra observatory has now been revealed…
Chandra Spots a Black Hole’s High-Speed Hurricane
[/caption] Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have reported record-breaking wind speeds coming from a stellar-mass black hole. The "wind", a high-speed…
Young Star Cluster In Disintegrated Galaxy Reveals First-Ever Intermediate Mass Black Hole
[/caption] Score another first for NASA's Hubble Space Telescope! Along with observations taken with the Swift X-ray telescope, a team…