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Astronomers detect matter torn apart by black hole
This is the first time that astronomers have caught a flare with these telescopes simultaneously. The telescopes' location in the southern hemisphere provides…
University of Southampton joins new EU network to study black holes
The 'Black Hole Universe' network will study black holes and their role in the universe, from the collapsed remnants of stars to their giant cousins (up to…
Searching for Primordial Antimatter
Antimatter is made up of elementary particles, each of which has the same mass as their corresponding matter counterparts –protons, neutrons and electrons –…
Cosmic Lens Reveals Distant Galactic Violence
The astronomers used the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope to look at a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years from Earth,…
VLT and Rossi XTE satellite probe violently variable black holes
Like the flame from a candle, light coming from the surroundings of a black hole is not constant — it flares, sputters and sparkles. “The rapid flickering of…
Stars stop forming when big galaxies collide
Led by Jeffrey Kenney, professor and chair of astronomy at Yale, the team saw a spectacular complex of warm gas filaments 400,000 light-years-long connecting…