Astronomers Detect First Potential ‘Rogue’ Black Hole

04/22/22

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Ute Kraus (background Milky Way panorama: Axel Mellinger), Institute of Physics, Universität Hildesheim Astronomers detect first potential ‘rogue’ black hole We've seen plenty of black holes tearing material off a companion, but not sitting alone in space. Now, we might have spotted one. READ MORE

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NASA, ESA, G. Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz), P. Oesch (University of California, Santa Cruz; Yale University), R. Bouwens and I. Labbé (Leiden University), and the Science Team, S. Fujimoto et al. (Cosmic Dawn Center [DAWN] and University of Copenhagen) Astronomers find ‘missing link’ black hole in the early universe The precursor to a brightly shining supermassive black hole was spotted hiding in old Hubble data. READ MORE

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Brera Observatory, Milan; John Boudreau The sky this week Your daily digest of celestial events coming soon to a sky near you. Updated Friday morning at 9 A.M. Central. READ MORE

PICTURE OF THE DAY

Shawn Nielsen from Ontario, Canada In the jungle The Lion Nebula (Sh 2–132) is a rich emission nebula roughly 11,000 light-years away in Cepheus. Many of its features — like the curving “tail” — are the result of bubbles being blown out by expanding stars. The image was taken over 11 hours with a 4-inch scope and SHO filters. VIEW NOW

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