Black Hole Ejected from Home Galaxy, Moving at 3 Million MPH
Observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest that a supermassive black hole is being ejected from its host galaxy at a speed of at least…
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Supernova Shock Wave Breaks Through a Cocoon of Gas
New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory may help explain why some supernova explosions are more powerful than others, supporting the idea that some of…
Extraordinary Outburst From Black Hole in Galaxy M83
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists discovered a new ultraluminous X-ray source located in spiral galaxy M83, which is roughly 15 million light years from…
Spacecraft to Explore Supermassive Black Holes at Center of Galaxies
By the standards of space-based astronomy, NASA’s new NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) telescope that will be launched later this month has a modest budget…
NASA’s Chandra Finds 20 Million MPH Wind
Researchers recently made two unanticipated findings when making observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. They clocked the fastest wind ever seen blowing off a disk…
Scientists Believe Milky Way’s Black Hole is Vaporizing Asteroids
Astronomers believe that the supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A* located at the center of the Milky Way may be destroying a large number…
Study of X-Shaped Radio Galaxy NGC 326 Shows Outburst History and Active Galactic Nucleus Feedback
A new study of the X-shaped radio galaxy NGC 326, which will be published on February 20th in Astrophysics Journal, tries to explain their morphology…
Hubble Observes Rare Blue Stars in Andromeda’s Core
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope made a rare discovery when looking deep into the neighboring Andromeda galaxy. Spotted was a population of rare blue stars in…
Largest Galaxy Cluster in Distant Universe Found by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory
The largest galaxy cluster in the distant universe has been found and nicknamed “El Gordo,” which is much easier to say than the official name…
