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Runaway Stars Reveal Hidden Black Hole in Milky Way鈥檚 Nearest Neighbor

Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy. This giant black hole is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the nearest galactic neighbors to our own.
6-Mar-2025 1:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Astronomers Announce Largest Collection of Exocomets Found

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are orbiting.
11-Feb-2025 8:25 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Astronomers Detect Missing Ingredient in Cooking Up Stars

The missing ingredient for cooking up stars has been spotted for the first time by astronomers. Much like a pressure cooker has a weight on top of its lid to keep the pressure in, merging galaxies may need magnetic fields to create the ideal...
30-Jan-2025 9:55 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Scientists Make First-Ever Detection of Mid-IR Flares in Sgr A*

An international team of scientists, including multiple astronomers from CfA, have made the first-ever detection of a mid-IR flare from Sgr A*.
14-Jan-2025 10:15 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Stellar Pyrotechnics on Display in Super Star Cluster

Astronomers have unveiled an explosive cosmic fireworks display of stars interacting with their environment. This dazzling spectacle 鈥� due to powerful winds flowing from the stars 鈥� marks a major milestone in the ability to study the formation...
13-Jan-2025 7:35 PM EST Add to Favorites

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A Treasure Trove of Unseen Stars Seen Beyond the 鈥楧ragon Arc鈥�

An international team of astronomers took pictures of more than 40 individual stars in a galaxy so far away its light dates back to when the universe was only half its present age.
6-Jan-2025 12:15 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Black Hole Explorer Hopes to Reveal New Details of Supermassive Black Holes

CfA has entered into an MOU with NSF NRAO on the Black Hole Explorer (BHEX), a project which would increase the capabilities of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) by launching it into space.
12-Dec-2024 8:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Dandelion Supernova Revealed in 3-D

For nearly six months, during the year 1181, people looked up to the skies to find a new star glittering in the constellation Cassiopeia. Chinese and Japanese astronomers recorded the rare event, an explosion of a star, or supernova. Now,...
25-Oct-2024 10:55 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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