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Scientists hope new data will shed light on how black holes consume matter
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoResearchers are hoping that new images from NASA can help explain the voracious appetites of black...
The Infrared Face of the Andromeda Galaxy
NASA· 6 days agoFigure B, also taken from Spitzer data, is an annotated, close-up view of the dust near the center of the Andromeda galaxy. Blue dotted lines highlight ...
NASA Images Help Explain Eating Habits of Massive Black Hole
NASA· 6 days agoIn images from NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope, streams of dust thousands of light-years long flow toward the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Andromeda ...
Our neighboring galaxy's supermassive black hole would probably be a polite dinner guest
Space via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThis cosmic etiquette can be likened to water swirling down a drain, astronomers said on Thursday...
Challenge 8 – Exploring Angular Diameter
NASA· 6 days agoAngular size is a property of observing an object with a fixed diameter at different distances. In astronomy, all of the objects you see in the sky can only be compared by their angular size ...
Fall into the Whirlpool Galaxy: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher
Astronomy Magazine· 2 days agoThis nearby galaxy is one of the best spirals in the sky — and represents a historic milestone in...
Does the Milky Way Have Too Many Satellite Galaxies?
Universe Today· 5 days agoIt is surrounded by at least 61 within 1.4 million light years (for context the Andromeda Galaxy is 2.5 million light years away) but there are likely to...
Saturday Citations: Dietary habits of humans; dietary habits of supermassive black holes; saving...
Phys.org· 4 days agoBilbies are threatened marsupials native to Australia, if the fact that they're called "bilbies" isn't a dead regional giveaway. Scientists from UNSW Sydney and Taronga Conservation Society ...
Exclusive: Google is experimenting with running Chrome OS on Android
Android Authority· 2 days agoAlthough Google originally designed the Android OS around smartphones, it has since updated it to...
Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Reportedly Due Out This Financial Year
IGN Videogames· 7 days agoBioWare set to reveal all this summer.
