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Mysterious object being dragged into supermassive black hole at Milky Way'
Updated : 3 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Scientists are interested in an item that is close to the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy because it has undergone a rapid and dramatic evolution. According to a recent study, the object known as X7 might be a cloud of gas and dust that resulted from the collisi
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New discovery sheds light on very early supermassive black holes
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
One of the most extreme galaxies known to exist in the very early Universe has a fast-expanding black hole, according to astronomers from the Universities of Texas and Arizona. New information about the creation of the first supermassive black holes is revealed by the discovery of the galaxy
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Massive fuel-hungry black holes feed off intergalactic gas: Research
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Research led by the University of Southampton has revealed how supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are feeding off gas clouds which reach them by travelling hundreds of thousands of light years from one galaxy to another.
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Scientists hunt for the second-closest supermassive black hole
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Two astrophysicists at the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian have suggested a way to observe what could be the second-closest supermassive black hole to Earth: a behemoth 3 million times the mass of the Sun, hosted by the dwarf galaxy Leo I.
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Scientists achieve milestone of directly observing dusty ring around black
Updated : 4 months ago IST
An international team of scientists has achieved the milestone of directly observing the long-sought, innermost dusty ring around a supermassive black hole, at a right angle to its emerging jet. Such a structure was thought to exist in the nucleus of galaxies but had been difficult to observ
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Elusive dusty inner region of distant galaxy: Research
Updated : 4 months ago IST
An international team of scientists has achieved the milestone of directly observing the long-sought, innermost dusty ring around a supermassive black hole, at a right angle to its emerging jet. Such a structure was thought to exist in the nucleus of galaxies but had been difficult to obs
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Developing telescope mirrors in new way could sharpen our view of universe
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): Researchers have created a new method for fabricating the high-precision, ultrathin mirrors needed for high-performance x-ray telescopes using femtosecond laser pulses. The method might assist advance the capabilities of space-based x-ray telescopes that ar
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Milky Way's supermassive black hole has hot gas bubbles swirling around th
Updated : 5 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], September 25 (ANI): Astronomers have spotted signs of a 'hot spot' orbiting Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the centre of our galaxy, by using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).
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Astronomers detect hot gas bubbles swirling around the Milky Way's superma
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have spotted signs of a 'hot spot' orbiting Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the centre of our galaxy. The finding helps us better understand the enigmatic and dynamic environment
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Study: Star formation is influenced by supermassive blackholes
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 24 (ANI): Powerful jets of a supermassive black hole change the conditions for star formation in interstellar clouds.
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Detected in early universe, the Massive black holes inside of dying galaxi
Updated : 9 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], May 28 (ANI): According to a database used by an international team of astronomers, a combination of observations from the best telescopes in the world, including the Subaru Telescope, to detect the signal from the active supermassive black holes of dying galaxies in the ear
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Researchers find hidden trove of massive black holes
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Chappel Hill (North Carolina) [US], May 24 (ANI): A team of researchers at the University Of North Carolina has found black holes which offer a glimpse into the life story of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy.
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