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Has a Recent, Nearby Supernova Become a Baby Black Hole?
[/caption] Back in 1979, amateur astronomer Gus Johnson discovered a supernova about 50 million light years away from Earth, when…
Even ‘Weakling’ Magnetars are Strong and Powerful
[/caption] The name alone, “magnetar” elicits a magnificent, powerful and strong astronomical object, and most of these “magnetic stars” are…
Cosmic Volcano Erupting in M87
[/caption] It’s the Eyjafjallajokull of space! Chandra and the VLA have teamed up to find an erupting galactic "super-volcano" in…
Space Telescopes Team Up to Capture Spectacular Galactic Collision
[/caption] From JPL: A new image of two tangled galaxies has been released by NASA's Great Observatories. The Antennae galaxies,…
X-Ray Observations Find Evidence for “Missing Matter” in the Universe
[/caption] From a Chandra press release: Scientists have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton to detect a vast…
Spitzer Spies Earliest Black Holes
[/caption] The Spitzer Space Telescope has found what appear to be two of the earliest and most primitive supermassive black…
Merging White Dwarfs Set Off Supernovae
New results from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory suggests that the majority of Type Ia supernovae occur due to the merger…
Twin Tails Tell a Crazy Tale of Star Formation
[/caption] Stars forming outside a galaxy? That's what a new observation with the Chandra X-ray Observatory appears to show. “This…
Chandra Stares Deep into the Heart of Sagittarius A*
Caption: Latest Chandra image of Sgr A*. Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/MIT/F. Baganoff, R. Shcherbakov et al. How long can you stare…
Stellar Destruction Could Be from Intermediate Black Hole
NGC 1399, an elliptical galaxy about 65 million light years from Earth. Credit: NASA, Chandra A dense stellar remnant has…