10 April 2020
A recently discovered stellar black hole could be the most massive yet, say astronomers
...by its unseen carnivorous partner. When this happens a stream of X-rays is emitted which lights up the odd couple like a beacon, ...black hole merger, but they have never been observed as X-ray binaries note the team. However to ascertain if MAXI J1348...
16 October 2017
First detected neutron star merger reveals more than gravitational waves
...Milky Way. It is thought that at least some gamma ray bursts are associated with supernovae, however a subclass known ... this theory. For GW170817, the gamma-ray burst was detected in gamma-rays, X-rays, optical light and infrared light, thus spanning...
10 December 2021
SpaceX launches NASA's IXPE mission
... new mission builds on and complements the scientific discoveries of other telescopes, including the Chandra X-ray Observatory, NASA’s flagship X-ray telescope. First light operations are scheduled to begin in January. NASA Marshall manages the IXPE...
05 April 2018
Newly discovered black holes suggests thousands more in our galaxy
...difficult and astronomers have been searching for bright bursts of X-ray that sometimes occur when black holes capture and attach themselves ... looked for the fainter, but steadier X-rays emitted when the binaries are in an inactive state. ...
28 February 2020
Record-breaking black hole eruption detected by astronomers
...observe with ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray space observatories. The record-breaking, gargantuan eruption was ...up to one monstrous blast. "The radio data fit inside the X-rays like a hand in a glove," said co-author Maxim Markevitch of NASA...
27 February 2017
Thirty years in the making - researchers show SN1987A in all of its glory
... telescope showed an expanding ring of X-ray emission that had been steadily getting brighter, however ...Atacama Large Millimetre/Submillimetre Array (ALMA). Having been observed in X-rays, UV and optical light, astronomers are now using ALMA to ...
