Astronomers inspect the nature of an X-ray binary with a red supergiant
An international team of astronomers has conducted a multiwavelength study of an X-ray binary designated 1eRASS ...
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Mysterious Flashes Traced to Cosmic Cloud's Encounter With Merging Black Holes
The team observed AT 2021hdr using the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and found periodic oscillations of ultraviolet and ...
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Two supermassive black holes on the verge of a merger
In March 2021, astronomers observed a high-energy burst of light from a distant galaxy. Assigned the name AT 2021hdr, it was thought to be a supernova. However, there were enough interesting features ...
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Black Holes Consume a Gas Cloud in a Spectacular Event
Scientists have detected the signal from two giant black holes interacting with a cloud ... Swift helped them confirm that ...
Astronomers discover monster black hole devouring matter at a ‘phenomenal rate,’ researchers say
Earlier this month, a team of US National Science Foundation NOIRLab astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole, called ...
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How some black holes maintain long-distance relationships
New research sheds light on how a pair of unusual black holes may have been able to keep their companion stars alive — and at a distance.
Scientists compile library for evaluating exoplanet water
By probing chemical processes observed in the Earth's hot mantle, Cornell scientists have started developing a library of ...
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A step toward safer X-rays with new detector technology
X-rays are a common component of diagnostic testing and industrial monitoring, used for everything from monitoring your teeth to scanning your suitcase at the airport. But the high-energy rays also ...
NASA's Swift Observatory Discovers Twin Black Holes Disturbing Galactic Gas Clouds
NASA’s Swift Observatory has detected a rare signal from dual black holes impacting gas clouds in a distant galaxy.