NASA’s WISE reveals millions of Black Holes
(NASA)The Wide field Infrared Survey Explorer mission has discovered millions of black holes in hot dust obscured galaxies. Images from the telescope have revealed millions of dusty black hole...
View ArticleNew Study accounts for “missing” companion stars in type 1a Supernovae
A new theory out of the University of Tokyo has an explanation for why some type 1a supernovae appear to have no companion star – the companion star has, over time, become another white dwarf star that...
View ArticleChandra finds large gas cloud enveloping local galaxies
The Chandra X-ray observatory has found a large halo of gas surrounding the Milky Way and the Magellanic cloud galaxies – and it could be part of the solution to the missing baryon problem. In the...
View ArticleDark Matter filament studied in 3d for the first time
Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have managed to study a giant, 60 million light-year dark matter filament in a distant galaxy cluster MACS J0717. If the mass measured is accurate, then it could...
View ArticleDirect detection of radioactive Titanium decay found in Supernova 1987A
Researchers using the ESA Integral space telescope have detected the first evidence of Titanium decay in a supernova about 166,000 light years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Clouds. The supernova...
View ArticleChandra finds smallest supermassive black hole yet
Researchers using the Chandra X-ray observatory have found what they think is the smallest supermassive black hole yet. Astronomers from George Mason University in Virginia have found what they think...
View ArticleHubble and Spitzer Telescopes see weather patterns on Brown Dwarf’s surface
NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer telescopes have revealed interesting effects on the surface of a Brown Dwarf star that look like weather patterns. Brown Dwarfs are something of a problem child when it comes...
View ArticleChandra finds what might be the youngest black hole in our galaxy
A new study out of MIT using data from the Chandra X-Ray observatory might have found the youngest black hole in our galaxy at around 26,000 years old. 25,000 light years away lies the supernova...
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X-ray observatories confirm black hole spinning at nearly the speed of light...
Yesterday a study was published showing that a black hole in the center of NGC1365 is spinning at near the speed limit of the universe – but how did this black hole get to spin that fast in only one...
View ArticleChandra unravels the origin of Kepler’s Supernova
X-ray data from the Chandra observatory has shed new light on the origin of “Kepler’s Supernova”, first seen in 1604 by Johannes Kepler himself. Kepler’s Supernova is actually a supernova remnant – a...
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Space Telescopes Image Supernova in M82
In January a new supernova was spotted in the M82 galaxy – dubbed SN2014J is one of the closest supernovae to occur in the last couple of decades while active observation has been in effect. It is...
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