X-Ray Astronomy
Galaxy Bets On A Pair Of Black Holes
[/caption] About 160 million light years away in the constellation of Hydra, spiral galaxy NGC 3393 has been keeping a…
Chandra Captures Enticing Evidence Of Black Hole’s Bondi Radius
[/caption] Those who are interested in black holes are familiar with the event horizon, but the Chandra X-Ray Observatory is…
Catch A Pulsar By The Tail
Originally discovered by the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope in 2009, Pulsar PSR J0357 had a bit of a surprise…
Turning On A Supermassive Black Hole
[/caption] ESO’s Very Large Telescope and ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray Space Observatory has just opened our eyes once again. While we…
MAXI Peers Into Black Hole Binaries
[/caption] The Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image, or MAXI for short, spends its time aboard the ISS conducting a full…
Eccentric Binary Creates Dual Gamma-Ray Flares
[/caption] It's a gamma-ray flare - the most extreme form of light so far known. So, what could top it?…
Neutron Star Burps Up Stellar Gas
During a routine twelve and a half hour observation of star system IGR J18410-0535, the XMM-Newton caught an event that…
Cygnus X-1: Blue Supergiant Pairs With Black Hole
[/caption] Discovered in 1964 during a rocket flight, Cygnus X-1 holds the record for being the strongest X-ray source seen…
Black Hole Devours Star and Hurls Energy Across 3.8 Billion Light Years
[/caption] Engaging the Hubble Space Telescope, Swift satellite and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers at the University of Warwick were…
Baby Black Holes Grew Up Fast
[/caption] For more than six weeks, the watchful eye of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory kept track of a small portion…