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'Bringing the night sky down to earth' at the Branched Oak Observatory near Lincoln
Omaha World-Herald· 16 hours agoThe Midwest’s premier sky park, which draws its name from the nearby Branched Oak State Recreation...
A new observation about black holes: unexpected activity
Weston Forum· 3 hours agoBlack holes are actually supposed to be dormant. A distant galaxy that suddenly became brighter may...
Astronomers witness entire galaxy 'turn on the lights' in real time
Local 12 Cincinnati· 4 days agoAstronomers witnessed an entire galaxy "turn on the lights" in real time. According to Mashable,...
Unraveling the Mystery: How Supermassive Black Holes Grow so Massive
SciTechDaily· 17 hours agoResearchers combined X-ray surveys and supercomputer simulations to track 12 billion years of cosmic...
Odysseus Lander Achieves “Dawn of Radio Astronomy From the Moon”
SciTechDaily· 2 days agoOdysseus, a lunar lander, successfully touched down near the Moon’s South Pole on February 22,...
Astronomers witness ‘sudden awakening’ of massive black hole in far-away galaxy
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThey found the galaxy, called SDSS1335+0728, to be emitting much more light at ultraviolet, optical,...
Supermassive black hole roars to life as astronomers watch in real time
Ars Technica· 5 days agoIn December 2019, astronomers were surprised to observe a long-quiet galaxy, 300 million light-years...
Real-Time Revelation: Witnessing a Massive Black Hole’s Dramatic Awakening
SciTechDaily· 5 days agoAstronomers believe the 2019 brightening of galaxy SDSS1335+0728 may be the first real-time...
Distance measurement by machine learning - Nature Astronomy
Nature· 3 days agoGiven their extreme luminosities, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have the potential to be powerful probes of the early Universe, however observational challenges mean that only 26% of GRBs observed ...
Massive black holes may eat differently in small galaxies than in large ones
Astronomy Magazine· 6 days agoIt’s well known that all massive galaxies like the Milky Way host supermassive black holes millions...