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NASA Finds ‘Sideways’ Black Hole Using Legacy Data, New Techniques

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Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA researchers have discovered a perplexing case of a black hole that appears to be “tipped over,” rotating in an unexpected direction relative to the galaxy surrounding it. That galaxy, called NGC 5084, has been…

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Illustration of the Cygnus X-3 system

NASA, JAXA XRISM Mission Looks Deeply Into ‘Hidden’ Stellar System

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The Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory has captured the most detailed portrait yet of gases flowing within Cygnus X-3, one of the most studied sources in the X-ray sky. Cygnus X-3 is a binary that pairs a…

Article4 weeks ago

Astronomers Find Early Fast-Feeding Black Hole Using NASA Telescopes

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A rapidly feeding black hole at the center of a dwarf galaxy in the early universe, shown in this artist’s concept, may hold important clues to the evolution of supermassive black holes in general. Using data from NASA’s James Webb…

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