VLBI
Source of Mysterious ‘Fast’ Radio Signals Pinpointed, But What Is It?
For about 10 years, radio astronomers have been detecting mysterious milliseconds-long blasts of radio waves, called “fast radio bursts” (FRB).…
8 years ago
Distant Stellar Nurseries: This Time, in High Definition
This article is a guest post by Anna Ho, who is currently doing research on stars in the Milky Way…
9 years ago
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.…
10 years ago
Three Supermassive Black Holes Tango in a Distant Galaxy, Marking a Huge Discovery
In a galaxy four billion light-years away, three supermassive black holes are locked in a whirling embrace. It’s the tightest…
10 years ago
Looking Into the Heart of a Quasar
Caption: Artist’s impression of the quasar 3C 279. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser From an ESO press release: An international team of…
12 years ago