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Gravitational waves from a merged hyper-massive neutron star
Gravitational waves were predicted by Albert Einstein in his General Theory of Relativity in 1915. The waves are disturbances in space time generated by…
ALMA and MUSE detect galactic fountain
A mere one billion light-years away in the nearby galaxy cluster known as Abell 2597, there lies a gargantuan galactic fountain. A massive black hole at the…
All in the family: Kin of gravitational wave source discovered
On October 16, 2017, an international group of astronomers and physicists excitedly reported the first simultaneous detection of light and gravitational waves…
Newly detected microquasar gamma-rays 'call for new ideas'
The first-ever detection of highly energetic radiation from a microquasar has astrophysicists scrambling for new theories to explain the extreme particle…
Matter falling into a black hole at 30 percent of the speed of light
Black holes are objects with such strong gravitational fields that not even light travels quickly enough to escape their grasp, hence the description 'black'….
Artificial intelligence helps track down mysterious cosmic radio bursts
Artificial intelligence is invading many fields, most recently astronomy and the search for intelligent life in the universe, or SETI.