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Galaxy hosting most distant supermassive black hole ever found
Washington, September 3 (ANI): A team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii has discovered a giant galaxy surrounding the most distant supermassive black hole ever found.
The galaxy, which is 12.8 billion light-years from Earth, is as large as the Milky Way galaxy and harbors [...]
Origin of very high-energy gamma rays pinpointed to giant black hole
Washington, July 3 (ANI): Using a worldwide combination of diverse telescopes, astronomers have discovered that a giant galaxy’s bursts of very high energy gamma rays are coming from a region very close to the supermassive black hole at its core.
The discovery provides important new information about the mysterious workings of the powerful “engines” in [...]
Astronomers succeed in measuring size of giant galaxy Messier 87
Munich, May 21 (ANI): Using ESO’s (European Southern Observatory’s) Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have succeeded in measuring the size of giant galaxy Messier 87 and were surprised to find that its outer parts have been stripped away by still unknown effects.
The galaxy also appears to be on a collision course with another giant [...]
Scientists discover mysterious ’space blob’ at cosmic dawn
Washington, April 23 (ANI): Using information from a suite of telescopes, astronomers have discovered a mysterious, giant ’space blob’ that existed at a time when the universe was only about 800 million years old.
Dubbed extended Lyman-Alpha blobs, such objects are huge bodies of gas that may be precursors to galaxies.
This blob was named Himiko [...]
