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Most Luminous Galaxy Is Ripping Itself Apart
About 12.4 billion years ago, a supermassive black hole produced so much energy, it stirred up gas across its entire … More
Follow a live planet hunt—Pale Red Dot campaign launched
A unique outreach campaign has been launched that will allow the general public to follow scientists from around the globe … More
Signs of second largest black hole in the Milky Way: Possible missing link in black hole evolution
Astronomers using the Nobeyama 45-m Radio Telescope have detected signs of an invisible black hole with a mass of 100 … More
Wright Mons in Color
Informally named Wright Mons, a broad mountain about 150 kilometers across and 4 kilometers high with a wide, deep summit … More
Extreme turbulence roiling ‘most luminous galaxy’ in the universe
The most luminous galaxy in the Universe – a so-called obscured quasar 12.4 billion light-years away – is so violently … More
Machine learning helps discover the most luminous supernova in history
Machine-learning technology developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory played a key role in the discovery of supernova ASASSN-15lh, an exceptionally … More
‘The Martian’ Nabs 6 Oscar Nominations
The sci-fi epic snagged six Oscar nominations today (Jan. 14), just four days after winning Golden Globes for Best Picture … More
New Horizons Pluto Mission Leader Alan Stern Wins Carl Sagan Award
The American Astronautical Society has given New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern the 2016 Carl Sagan Memorial Award, which recognizes … More
Surprise! Black-Hole Instrument Finds One Star That’s Actually Two (Video)
The Gravity instrument, which is designed to study the extreme environments around black holes, found during its "first light" operations … More
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