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Q&A: She discovered the black hole at the center of our galaxy. This week, she finally saw it
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis week, the world got its first-ever look at Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole in the...
Why are some black holes bigger than others? An astronomer explains how these celestial vacuums grow
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoBlack holes use gravity to pull matter into them. NASA/Chandra X-ray Observatory/M.Weiss via AP...
Here's what the James Webb Space Telescope has seen in just a week of looking
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA quintet of galaxies. A nursery of infant stars. A weather report for an exoplanet. And a preview...
Youth-stealing stars could explain ‘missing giants’ at the Milky Way's center
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAn image of the core of our Milky Way galaxy. This view combines the sharp imaging of Hubble’s Near...
Hawaii Seeking End To Conflict Over Astronomy On Sacred Mountain
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDramatic evening light shines above the clouds on the observatory and its large astronomical...
Nobel Prize in Physics: 1901-Present
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn illustration of gravitational waves. According to Alfred Nobel's will, the Nobel Prize in Physics was to go to "the person who shall have made the...
Astronomers produce the first image of the black hole at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt the center of the Milky Way galaxy is a massive, mysterious presence exerting a powerful influence on the stars around it — and on the imaginations of astronomers. Now, scientists have the ...
New Keck Observatory chief is from Hawaii
Tribune via AOL· 5 months agoDec. 19—Rich Matsuda's work has always taken him toward the sky. Rich Matsuda's work has always taken him toward the sky. The Punahou School graduate was trained as an electrical engineer and ...
Astronomers capture 1st image of Milky Way's huge black hole
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe world's first image of the chaotic supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy...
Say hello to Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis image shows Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. EHT...
