07 June 2019
First-ever image of cool gas disk surrounding Milky Way's black hole
... known about it except that it was there. Its presence was also given away by radiation, but instead of X-rays, the hydrogen atoms in this nebulous ring of material give off radio waves - millimetre wavelength radiation that...
26 July 2019
Three massive black holes caught in the act of merging
...light to be emitted as high-energy radiation such as gamma-rays and x-rays, and the output can be so bright it makes the ... comprehensive new observations with the Hubble Space telescope, Chandra X-ray, and the Very Large Array (VLA) located in central...
February 2016
Nuclear Flashlamps in Space
... anything nearby. The nuclear reactions at the heart of the explosion release a burst of radiation of every kind: gamma rays and X-rays, which are very high energy particles (photons) of light, as well as lots of less energetic light in ultraviolet...
March 2016
Gravitational waves provide new window on the universe
... of two neutron stars, or a neutron with a black hole. With it, we might be able to observe gamma ray light emitted from a short gamma ray burst. If so, it will be the first detection between gravitational waves and its coincident electromagnetic...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
...In considering the future, one might do well to consider Ray Kurzweil and his prediction about the coming ‘Singularity’ or those... Month time. When Peter Diamandis talks of abundance and Ray Kurzweil of singularity, they are suggesting a world that ...
June 2017
Bepi-Colombo will unveil Mercury’s secrets
... the topography and surface morphology of Mercury. Instruments include the Mercury Gamma-ray and Neutron Spectrometer (MGNS), the Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer (MIXS) and the Search for Exosphere Refilling and Emitted Neutral Abundances...
