Researchers Discover Megamaser Five Billion Light Years from Earth
Source: rutgers.edu
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Supermassive black hole gobbled up a star in the 1980s, and high schoolers helped discover it
Astronomers have found evidence of a black hole snacking on a star in data gathered back in the 1980s, according to new research.
Source: space.com
Bad Astronomy | Galaxy AGC 114905 is missing dark matter
Speaking of dark matter, astronomers have uncovered a pretty interesting mystery involving it. Or rather, not involving it: They’ve found a galaxy that apparently has little or no dark matter in it.
Source: syfy.com
Bad Astronomy | M87 galaxy's jet has a double helix structure
Galaxies aren't alive. It can be a useful metaphor — they are born, they live, they die — but animism shouldn't be used literally with them. And yet, some have a double helix. Shades of DNA! In this case the double helix is quite literal, though it's not a genetic blueprint, of course. Still, studying it can reveal much about what happens at the galaxy's heart, where a dark monster rages and spews.
Source: syfy.com
Black hole jet ejected by supermassive black hole is shaped like a helix
An extraordinary galactic jet ejected from a supermassive black hole boasts a corkscrew-like helical structure, new ground-based telescope views reveal.
Source: livescience.com