08 February 2016
Japan’s Astro-H mission due to launch on February 12, 2016
..., along with providing insights into the behaviour of material in extreme gravitational fields, determining the spin of black holes, understanding the physical conditions in sites of cosmic-ray acceleration, and the distribution of dark matter...
06 June 2016
Galaxies guilty of 'wasting' precious planet building material
...,000 degrees Kelvin. To populate a galaxies CGM with heavy elements it takes massive amounts of energy from supermassive black holes and exploding supernovae in violent and long-lasting processes that can take over 10 billion years, “which...
26 July 2016
Will PIPER be successful in confirming Inflation Theory?
... kick started when LIGO detected these once elusive waves emanating from the merger of two enormous black holes. Now however, it is the turn of another instrument, PIPER, the Primordial Inflation Polarization ExploreR, to search the skies...
20 September 2016
Astronomers detect a rare type of object known as a spiral DRAGN
... in MCG+07-47-10, a face-on late-type Sbc galaxy with distinctive spiral arms and prominent bulge suggesting a high black hole mass. This DRAGN, found with the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope, however has a comparatively low radio...
