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Dark Gulping- A New Hypothesis On How Supermassive Black Holes Were Able To Form

A process called ‘dark gulping’ may solve the mystery of the how supermassive black holes were able to form when the Universe was less than a billion years old. Dr Curtis Saxton will be presenting the study at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Scien ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2009 - 6:34pm

The Daytime Astronomer and the Hitchhiker

Back on a frozen pre-Inaugeration Day, I picked up a hitchhiker on US295N. We exchanged the usual banter ("Got any guns? No? Great!").  He wasn't a local, just in town to help assemble bandstands in DC and visiting a friend in Baltimore.  He ...

Blog Post - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Apr 24 2009 - 2:51pm

The Blind Astronomer

The Daytime Astronomer, Tues&Fri here, via RSS feed, and twitter @skyday Two days ago, I woke up blind. Couldn't open my eyes-- lids were fused shut. For that early morning hour, I had to question just what I would do as a blind astronomer. I ...

Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Apr 29 2009 - 8:08am

Records Are Made To Be Broken And GRB 090423 Just Set One- Most Distant Object Yet Discovered In The Universe

The farthest we have 'seen' in space just got a little farther away, thanks to ESO's Very Large Telescope and GRB (Gamma Ray Burst) 090423. VLT has shown that a faint gamma-ray burst detected last Thursday is the signature of the explosion o ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2009 - 9:47am

Archeology Of The Early Universe: I0K-1 As It Was 12.88 Billion Years Ago

Astronomers using the Subaru telescope in Hawaii have looked 60 million years further back in time than any other astronomers, to find the most distant known galaxy in the universe. In doing so, they are upholding Subaru's record for finding the most ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2009 - 9:45am

In The Beginning, There Were Comets?

In ancient stories, and even some newer ones, the appearance of a comet or any heavenly object could symbolize a God's displeasure and even mean a sure failure in battle for one side.   Tel Aviv University researchers say comets could be even more rel ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2009 - 3:23pm

Somali Pirates? They're Nothing Compared To Rogue Black Holes Roaming The Milky Way

Calculations by Ryan O'Leary and Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics suggest that hundreds of massive black holes, left over from the galaxy-building days of the early universe, may wander the Milky Way.   Rogue black holes roa ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2009 - 2:54pm

GRB 090423: Oh, that old thing.

From CNN: Scientists spot oldest ever object in universe Wow, that gamma ray from the exploding star GRB 090423 is so old.  Why do we even keep it around?  It’s like, 95% as old as time.  And what an eyesore.  We can see it from anywhere in the universe.  ...

Blog Post - Stephanie Pulford - Apr 29 2009 - 4:38pm

Galactic Ridge X-ray Emission Has Millions Of Sources

An extremely deep Chandra X-ray Observatory image of a region near the center of our Galaxy has resolved a long-standing mystery about an X-ray glow along the plane of the Galaxy. The glow in the region covered by the Chandra image was discovered to be cau ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2009 - 2:37pm

The Missing Side Of Mercury- And Some Data About Its Evolution

For over three decades, globes of Mercury were blank on one side. Though Mariner 10 explored the small planet in three flybys in 1974 and 1975, no more than half was ever seen.   Of the four terrestrial planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars- we knew th ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 6:46pm