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Astronomers use high resolution telescope to look for black holes

A team of astronomers, including a WSU astrophysicist, will use the James Webb Telescope to search for black holes located in small galaxies. This will help determine their impact on the solar system and how they form. The James Webb telescope was launched Dec. 25, 2021, and is now fully deployed, said Vivienne Baldassare, WSU assistant professor. ....

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WSU astrophysicist to study black holes with new NASA telescope – WSU Insider

A hundred times more powerful than the Hubble, the new telescope will enable Vivienne Baldassare and her research team to search distant galaxies for undiscovered black holes. ....

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Bad Astronomy | Protocluster found 11 billion light years from Earth

It's hard to grasp how big galaxies are.

If you pointed a flashlight at the Milky Way's core you'd have to wait nearly 26,000 years for the light the fastest thing in the Universe! to get there. And we're not even halfway out to the edge of the galaxy; the flat circular spiral-armed disk of the Milky Way is fully 120,000 light years across. ....

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