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The first observations of a mass-accreting black hole from the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission reveal new details about the configuration of extremely hot matter in the region immediately surrounding it

Cygnus X-1, discovered in 1964, was the first cosmic object ever identified as containing a black hole. Now, NASA telescopes have teamed up to reveal new detail

New observations shed light on the super hot matter in the region immediately surrounding a black hole, researchers say.

Researchers’ recent observations of a stellar-mass black hole called Cygnus X-1 reveal new details about the configuration of extremely hot matter in the regi

The last screams of light emitted by a dying star have been preserved in a series of eerily beautiful images, slowly echoing across the cosmos.

When a star bursts (a supernova), it transmits its strong eruption of light in various directions. On exceptional occasions, ‘light echoes’ or rings of light disperse from the initial supernova location in the months and years that follow, as illustrated recently in an article published in the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Michigan Technological University projects a total of $95.78 million in research expenditures during fiscal year 2022, an increase of over 17% from the previous all-time high of $81.7 million recorded last year.

The scientists merged the HST images in a short gif-video, showing first the supernova explosion at the very centre, followed by light rings.

UCLA’s Dr. Haig Aintablian, campus’s first space medicine fellow, will have a role in shaping the next generation of flight physicians.

It kicks off with an episode featuring Nobel laureate Professor Barry Barish, who helped in detecting gravitational waves for the first time ever