Unlike active galaxies that constantly pull in surrounding material, these black holes lie dormant, waking briefly to feast on a passing star.
Category: 2. Space
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Astronomers discover star-shredding black holes hiding in dusty galaxies
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Astronomers Finally Crack the Mystery of Cosmic X-Ray Blasts
The mysterious cosmic explosion has been traced to a massive stellar explosion. A global team of astrophysicists, led by researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Leicester (England), may have identified the origin of fast…
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NASA-ISRO Satellite Lifts Off to Track Earth’s Changing Surfaces
Carrying an advanced radar system that will produce a dynamic, three-dimensional view of Earth in unprecedented detail, the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite has launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra…
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KSAT and AWS expand alliance in satellite communications
SAN FRANCISCO — Kongsberg Satellite Services and Amazon Web Services are expanding their alliance to speed up the flow of satellite data to customers.
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NASA’s Webb Traces Details of Complex Planetary Nebula
Since their discovery in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that planetary nebulae, or the expanding shell of glowing gas expelled by a low-intermediate mass star late in its life, can come in all shapes and sizes. Most planetary…
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NISAR Blasts Into Orbit: World’s Most Advanced Radar Satellite to Scan Earth’s Surface Every 12 Days
NASA and India’s ISRO have launched a cutting-edge Earth-observing satellite called NISAR, equipped with the most advanced radar systems ever flown. This historic collaboration will scan nearly the entire planet every 12 days, providing…
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Looking Forward to the Moon
On May 8, 2022, NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems’ Program Manager Shawn Quinn captured this crop of a full frame image of the Hadley–Apennine region of Earth’s Moon including the Apollo 15 landing site (very near the edge of the shadow…
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China launches new group of Guowang satellites from commercial spaceport
HELSINKI — China launched a sixth batch of Guowang megaconstellation satellites Wednesday, with a Long March 8A rocket launch from Hainan.
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A quantum computer goes to space
Quantum computers in space could be useful for communications networks or for testing fundamental physics.
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Space – the quiet element behind Midnight Hammer
It can be said with certainty that a lot went into Operation Midnight Hammer. The June 22 precision strike on Iranian strategic weapons production facilities was an airtight operation conducted with great execution, coordination and…
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