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Star eating black hole spotted by Hubble and Chandra
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory have collaborated to identify a potential example of an elusive category of black holes. Known as NGC 6099 HLX-1, this luminous X-ray source appears to be located within a compact star cluster on the outskirts of a massive ellipti...
Tarantula Nebula outskirts explored by Hubble
Sunday, February 2, 2025 by Richard Harris
The image of the Tarantula Nebula's outskirts, as documented by Hubble, provides a glimpse into the intricate and chaotic processes that occur in stellar nurseries. The nebula's fringes are marked by complex interactions between stars and the surrounding interstellar medium, leading to the c...
Closest quasar observations by Hubble
Monday, December 9, 2024 by Richard Harris
Amateur astronomers can search for a unique starlike object, known as 3C 273, which holds the record as the farthest target observable from Earth through a common-sized backyard telescope. Because 3C 273 radiates the light equivalent of trillions of suns, it can be seen over two billion light-years ...
Accumulation of dust particles examined
Thursday, November 14, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield
In a fascinating exploration of the cosmos, astronomers have been delving into the accumulation of dust particles in space, particularly focusing on the reflection nebula known as vdB 9 in the constellation Cassiopeia. This nebula is illuminated by the Cepheid variable star SU Cassiopeiae, whose blu...