Quasars
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Star-Churning 'Blob' Lurks at Universe's Edge
Posted by Ian O'Neill Wed Dec 21, 2011 01:00 PM ET | 0
A young galaxy has been spotted at the very edge of our observable Universe, thought to be one of the first galaxies to emerge from the "dark ages." Read more
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Two Record-Breaking Black Hole Behemoths Spotted
Posted by Ian O'Neill Tue Dec 6, 2011 02:07 AM ET | 0
Two gargantuan black holes -- weighing in at nearly 10 billion times the mass of our sun -- have been discovered, possibly revealing a "missing link" in the galactic evolution puzzle. Read more
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Pristine Big Bang Gas Found
Posted by Irene Klotz Thu Nov 10, 2011 02:00 PM ET | 0
Two newly found pockets of gas contain only original elements created minutes after the universe's birth. Read more
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What's That Strange Disk Around That Black Hole?
Posted by Nicole Gugliucci Sat Nov 5, 2011 04:34 AM ET | 0
The accretion disk surrounding a black hole has been measured for the first time, but all is not as it seems. Read more
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A Surprise from an Early Universe Monster
Posted by Nicole Gugliucci Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:50 PM ET | 0
What secrets does a quasar from the dawn of the Universe hold? Read more
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Hungry Black Holes Lurk at Edge of the Universe
Posted by Ian O'Neill Wed Jun 15, 2011 09:03 PM ET | 0
13 billion light-years away, at the very edge of our observable universe, supermassive black holes lurk inside their galactic hosts, feeding. Read more
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Obese Black Hole Lurks in Our Backyard
Posted by Irene Klotz Wed Jan 12, 2011 05:30 PM ET | 0
Weighing in at the equivalent of 6.6 billion of our suns, this behemoth is located in a galaxy that neighbors our own. Read more
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Dead Quasar Leaves Ghost Behind
Posted by Larry O'Hanlon Thu Nov 4, 2010 11:55 AM ET | 0
One of the most ravenous beasts in the universe has died, leaving behind an optical echo of its former self. Read more
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The Quasar That Acts Like a Reverse Gravitational Lens
Posted by Jennifer Ouellette Tue Jul 20, 2010 05:21 AM ET | 0
The first known case of a quasar acting as a gravitational lens has been discovered, magnifying a distant galaxy and splitting it into two distinct images. Jennifer Ouellette chats with the discoverers. Read more
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Sloan Spots One Hundred Thousand Black Hole Behemoths
Posted by Nicole Gugliucci Wed Jun 9, 2010 07:20 AM ET | 0
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has created a database of millions of objects for astronomers to study including 105,783 quasars -- the active centers of distant galaxies with supermassive black holes lurking inside. Read more
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No Time Dilation for Distant Quasars?
Posted by Nicole Gugliucci Fri Apr 16, 2010 01:39 AM ET | 0
Distant quasars are acting very strange: they're not acting strange. Usually the massive black holes powering these active galactic cores should exhibit some time dilation, but the most distant quasars don't. Read more
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Seeing in a New Light (and Searching for Extraterrestrials) with LOFAR
Posted by Nicole Gugliucci Tue Apr 13, 2010 08:16 PM ET | 0
A new radio telescope is under construction, consisting of 44 stations spread across Europe. Not only will LOFAR peer deep into the cosmos with unprecedented detail, it will also listen out for ET's transmissions. Read more
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Primordial 'Dust Free' Monsters Lurk at the Edge of the Universe
Posted by Ian O'Neill Thu Mar 18, 2010 04:57 AM ET | 0
On the very edge of our observable universe live two quasars. Both contain active and growing primordial black holes, but where's all the dust? Read more
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The Beating Gamma-ray Heart of a Microquasar : Big Pic
Posted Sun Nov 29, 2009 12:38 PM ET | 0
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has confirmed, for the first time, that gamma radiation is being generated by a known microquasar in the constellation of Cygnus. Read more
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Black Hole More Massive Than Expected: Discovery News
Posted Thu Jun 11, 2009 08:25 AM ET
When astronomers finally got access to a powerful supercomputer to recalculate the mass of a neighboring galaxy, they got a huge surprise. Read more
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