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Strange Repeating Fast Radio Burst (FRB) Originating From Distant Galaxy Detected by Scientists
The detection of a new and strange fast radio burst originating from a galaxy located 3 billion light-years away has left astronomers puzzled. Fast Radio Burst or FRB are bursts of radio waves in space that are milliseconds long. The latest finding has caused the astronomers to speculate if there are two kinds of fast radio bursts.
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Astronomers Discover Hidden Trove of Massive Black Holes, Can Help Understand the Milky Way’s Origin
A group of researchers has found a previously overlooked trove of massive black holes in dwarf galaxies. These black holes, the researchers believe, can offer insights into the journey of the supermassive black hole that sits at the centre of the Milky Way.
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Astronomers Detect Mini-Supermassive Black Hole That May Shed Light on How They Grow
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, researchers have identified a black hole having 200,000 times the mass of the Sun in Mrk 462, a dwarf galaxy with only several hundred million stars. In comparison, our Milky Way has a few hundred billion stars.
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Faintest Satellite Galaxy Of Milky Way Discovered
Scientists have detected a dwarf satellite galaxy, believed to be the faintest yet found in the halo of the Milky Way, a discovery that provides important insights into galaxy formation and how dark matter contributes to it.
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There's a New Earth-Size Planet in the Neighborhood (Galactically Speaking)
The yeoman work of NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has revealed our Milky Way galaxy to be lousy with planets - surely tens of billions of them, if you extrapolate from what Kepler has detected so far in a small patch of the sky.
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Strange Repeating Fast Radio Burst (FRB) Originating From Distant Galaxy Detected by Scientists
The detection of a new and strange fast radio burst originating from a galaxy located 3 billion light-years away has left astronomers puzzled. Fast Radio Burst or FRB are bursts of radio waves in space that are milliseconds long. The latest finding has caused the astronomers to speculate if there are two kinds of fast radio bursts.
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Astronomers Discover Hidden Trove of Massive Black Holes, Can Help Understand the Milky Way’s Origin
A group of researchers has found a previously overlooked trove of massive black holes in dwarf galaxies. These black holes, the researchers believe, can offer insights into the journey of the supermassive black hole that sits at the centre of the Milky Way.
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Astronomers Detect Mini-Supermassive Black Hole That May Shed Light on How They Grow
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, researchers have identified a black hole having 200,000 times the mass of the Sun in Mrk 462, a dwarf galaxy with only several hundred million stars. In comparison, our Milky Way has a few hundred billion stars.
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Faintest Satellite Galaxy Of Milky Way Discovered
Scientists have detected a dwarf satellite galaxy, believed to be the faintest yet found in the halo of the Milky Way, a discovery that provides important insights into galaxy formation and how dark matter contributes to it.
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There's a New Earth-Size Planet in the Neighborhood (Galactically Speaking)
The yeoman work of NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has revealed our Milky Way galaxy to be lousy with planets - surely tens of billions of them, if you extrapolate from what Kepler has detected so far in a small patch of the sky.
