A Penn State research team has enhanced our understanding of supermassive black hole growth by integrating X-ray data and galaxy…
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The Alpha Persei star cluster: An optical image of the Alpha Persei star cluster from the second Digitized Sky Survey…
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Using gravitational lensing, scientists uncovered that dark matter may stretch over a million light-years from galactic centers, proposing significant adjustments…
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Scientists have detected light signals from previously unseen dim companions of eight luminous stars by combining data from ESA’s Gaia…
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Artist’s impression of a protoplanetary disk around a very low-mass star. It depicts a selection of hydrocarbon molecules (Methane, CH4;…
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An artist’s impression of a quasar wind (in light blue) being launched off of the accretion disk (red-orange) around a…
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Researchers at Michigan State University investigated the behavior of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at the center of our…
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In late 2019, a previously unremarkable galaxy suddenly started shining brighter, suggesting the sudden awakening of a massive black hole…
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Diagram of discovered exoplanet orbits. The orbits of exoplanets close to their parent stars tend to become circular over time,…
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Researchers have shown through high-energy laser experiments that magnesium oxide is likely the first mineral to solidify in super-Earth formation,…
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