Astrophysicists have created and compared self-consistent and realistic images of the shadow of an accreting supermassive black hole. The goal was to test if Einsteinian black holes can be distinguished …read more Source:: Science
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Tens of thousands of black holes may exist in Milky Way’s center
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•Astrophysicists have discovered a dozen black holes gathered around Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. The finding is the first …read more Source:: Science
Astrophysicists map the infant universe in 3-D and discover 4,000 early galaxies
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•Astronomers have announced one of the largest 3-D maps of the infant universe. …read more Source:: Science
Astrophysicists discover planets in extragalactic galaxies using microlensing
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•Astrophysicists have discovered for the first time a population of planets beyond the Milky Way galaxy. Using microlensing — an astronomical phenomenon and the only known method capable of discovering …read more Source:: Science