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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...
Black hole moving spotted by Hubble
Monday, May 12, 2025 by Richard Harris
Like a scene out of a sci-fi movie, astronomers using NASA telescopes have found “Space Jaws.” Lurking 600 million light-years away, within the inky black depths between stars, there is an invisible monster gulping down any wayward star that plummets toward it. The sneaky black hole b...
Phoenix galaxy cluster mapped by Webb
Thursday, February 20, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed how a massive galaxy cluster sustains high rates of star formation, resolving a long-standing mystery. This finding builds on more than a decade of studies conducted with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space ...
Black Holes can cook for themselves Chandra study shows
Saturday, February 1, 2025 by Richard Harris
One of the most enigmatic entities in the universe is the black hole, an object with a gravitational pull so intense that not even light can escape it. Recent findings published by NASA and observed through the Chandra X-ray Observatory have added a fascinating layer to our understanding of these la...