Scientists have discovered that active supermassive black holes don’t just kill their home galaxies, but can also eradicate star formation for their neighbors.
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“This is a crucial step towards characterizing giant planets beyond our solar system.”
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered what seems to be a galaxy that is the most heavily dominated by dark matter ever seen.
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Scientists may have narrowed down the landing site of the Soviet Union’s Luna 9, which in 1966 became the first spacecraft to touch down softly on the moon.
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The Hubble and Chandra space telescopes are hunting for rogue black holes wandering through dwarf galaxies, which could provide a fossil record of how supermassive black hole growth in the early universe.
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“This data provides us with rare insight into how galaxies were transformed in the early universe.”
If a pair of black holes coalesce into one, much of that vast energy can be released in a few seconds.
An unusual tidal disruption event spotted by astronomers may be the result of an elusive intermediate mass black hole ripping apart a star.
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Elon Musk isn’t the first person to propose the use of mass drivers on the moon. He’s following in the footsteps of space visionary Gerard O’Neill, who floated the idea back in 1974.
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A massive upheaval in the Saturnian system could have also led to the moon Hyperion.