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Three-Telescope Interferometry Allows Astrophysicists To Observe How Black Holes Are FueledSanta Barbara CA (SPX) May 19, 2012 By combining the light of three powerful infrared telescopes, an international research team has observed the active accretion phase of a supermassive black hole in the center of a galaxy tens of millions of light-years away, a method that has yielded an unprecedented amount of data for such observations. The resolution at which they were able to observe this highly luminescent active galactic nucleus (AGN) has given them direct confirmation of how mass accretes onto black holes in centers of galaxies. ... read more |
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 You can't play nano-billiards on a bumpy table There's nothing worse than a shonky pool table with an unseen groove or bump that sends your shot off course: a new study has found that the same goes at the nano-scale, where the "billiard balls" a ... more | .. |
 Massive black holes halt star birth in distant galaxies Astronomers, using the European Space Agency's (ESA) Herschel Space Observatory, have shown that the number of stars that form during the early lives of galaxies may be influenced by the massive bla ... more | .. |
 Queen's scientists discover black hole ripping apart star Astronomers from Queen's University Belfast have gathered the most direct evidence yet of a supermassive black hole shredding a star that wandered too close. The Queen's astronomers are part of the ... more |
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 Atomic-scale visualization of electron pairing in iron superconductors By measuring how strongly electrons are bound together to form Cooper pairs in an iron-based superconductor, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Corne ... more | .. |
 Old Star, New Trick The Big Bang produced lots of hydrogen and helium and a smidgen of lithium. All heavier elements found on the periodic table have been produced by stars over the last 13.7 billion years. Astronomers ... more | .. |
 NASA's Chandra Sees Remarkable Outburst From Old Black Hole An extraordinary outburst produced by a black hole in a nearby galaxy has provided direct evidence for a population of old, volatile stellar black holes. The discovery, made by astronomers using NAS ... more | .. |
 Researchers from the University of Zurich discover new particle at CERN Physicists from the University of Zurich have discovered a previously unknown particle composed of three quarks in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator. A new baryon could thus be de ... more |
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 Redefining time Atomic clocks based on the oscillations of a cesium atom keep amazingly steady time and also define the precise length of a second. But cesium clocks are no longer the most accurate. That title has ... more | .. |
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 Magnetic fields can send particles to infinity Researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM, Spain) have mathematically shown that particles charged in a magnetic field can escape into infinity without ever stopping. One of the con ... more | .. |
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 'Time machine' instrument sees the past U.S. researchers say a new instrument will be a "time machine" to allow scientists to study the universe's earliest galaxies that could never be studied before. ... more | .. |
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 NASA to Fly Deep Space Atomic Clock to Improve Navigation Technology When people think of space technologies, many think of high-tech solar panels, complex and powerful propulsion systems or sophisticated, electronic guidance systems. Another critical piece of spacef ... more |
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 Black Holes Grow Big by Eating Stars Most galaxies, including the Milky Way, have a supermassive black hole at their center weighing millions to billions of suns. But how do those black holes grow so hefty? Some theories suggest they w ... more | .. |
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