Galactic wind near black hole

Galactic wind near black hole

Mar 26, 2015

Scientists have connected a fierce “wind” produced near a galaxy’s monster black hole to an outward torrent of cold gas a thousand light-years across. The finding, which combined observations from the Japan-led Suzaku X-ray satellite and the European Space Agency’s infrared Herschel Space Observatory, validates a long-suspected feedback mechanism enabling a supermassive black hole to influence the evolution of its host galaxy.

NASA decodes black hole rhythm

Aug 19, 2014

Astronomers have uncovered rhythmic pulsations from a rare type of black hole, 12-million light-years away, by sifting through archival data from NASA’s Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite. The signals have helped astronomers identify an unusual midsize...
Peek into new black hole

Peek into new black hole

Jul 9, 2014

Astronomers have found a supermassive black hole blasting molecular gas at 1-million kilometres per hour from a galaxy. New research led by Clive Tadhunter (Sheffield University) and including Raffaella Morganti, Tom Oosterloo (ASTRON/Kapteyn Institute Groningen...