New data model paves way for seamless collaboration among US and international astronomy institutions
Software engineers have been hard at work to establish a common language for a global conversation. The topic—revealing the ...
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Astronomers Suspect Colliding Supermassive Black Holes Left the Universe Awash in Gravitational Waves
The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...
High-resolution imaging of Dyson sphere candidate reveals no radio signals
In the more than 60 years in which scientists have engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), several ...
SETI researchers double-check 1 million objects for signs of alien signals
We can't help ourselves but wonder about life elsewhere in the universe. Any hint of a biosignature or even a faint, ...
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U of A astronomers capture unprecedented view of supermassive black hole in action
Radio jet feedback is the interaction between ... Direct imaging with extremely large telescopes such as the Larger Binocular Telescope Interferometer and the upcoming 83.5 feet Giant Magellan ...
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This black hole just awoke and is blasting out twin jets at incredible speeds
Twin jets erupt from a supermassive black hole in Draco, offering new insights into black hole activity and evolution.
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Astronomers observe real-time formation of black hole jets for the first time
Some of the highest-resolution imaging of radio frequency emissions was collected using a technique called Very Long Baseline Interferometry ... “Time-domain astronomy,” as it’s called ...
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Zooming in on a supermassive black hole in action
Such jets are particularly bright at radio wavelengths when interacting with gas and ... In contrast, images from other interferometers, such as the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI), are ...