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Hubble telescope may have discovered a supermassive black hole that leaves behind a plume of newborn stars
The Hubble Space Telescope may have detected a supermassive black hole that is now hurtling through space and leaving behind a plume of newborn stars. The object, which is estimated to be 20 million times more massive than the Sun, is believed to have been forcibly ejected from its galaxy ... Read more
Astronomers have discovered a new black hole that weighs 30 billion times the mass of the Sun
A group of astronomers found a black hole weighing 30 billion times the mass of our Sun. This is seven thousand times more than the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. According to the press release of Durham University, the newly discovered black hole is the ... Read more
NASA and SpaceX will decide whether Elon Musk’s company can help extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope
SpaceX and NASA have agreed to see if a Dragon spacecraft can visit and potentially help extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope. The research will last about six months and will involve engineers from the space agency and Elon Musk’s company. In addition, the Polaris program, a private ... Read more
Hubble is not retiring: how the older space telescope will work after the launch of the Webb telescope
The Hubble telescope, launched more than 30 years ago, first showed humanity distant galaxies unreachable by other observational instruments. However, Hubble’s glory has now been taken over by the James Webb telescope, which can see even further. Does this mean that Hubble’s work has come to an end? According to ... Read more
Hubble has captured an impressive star cluster. It may be the key to an ancient astronomical mystery
The Hubble Space Telescope is pleasing with new discoveries. This time it’s a photo of a globular cluster formed by stars in the cosmic abyss. The image is valuable not only for its appearance. The star cluster called Ruprecht 106 has an atypical composition that still remains a mystery to ... Read more
Hubble measured the expansion of the universe – a huge report based on its data published
NASA released a huge report, which astronomers called magnum opus of Hubble. An analysis of 30 years of space telescope gives the most accurate idea of how fast the universe is expanding. For most of this century, scientists knew that the universe was expanding. Observing galaxies moving away from us ... Read more