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ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has used, for the first time, the reverberating echoes of X-ray radiation in order to map the dynamic behaviour and surroundings of a black hole (BH). This emission is the result of the infalling material into Read More …
Astronomers reported an X-ray detection of star formation in a highly magnified, strongly lensed galaxy. The system is a low-mass, low-metallicity starburst with increased X-ray emission and is an infant galaxy! Specifically, it was formed when our universe was less Read More …
Like every year, the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics were announced for their contributions to science. The benchmark for 2019 was the broader field of Astrophysics, as Nobel shared with three scientists for their contributions to Astronomy and Read More …
One of the most important space missions was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on 13 July 2019 (14:31 CEST). The launch was, initially, scheduled for June 21st, however it was postponed three times due to technical issues of the “Proton Read More …
ALMA image of the disk of cool hydrogen gas flowing around Sagittarius A*. The colours represent the motion of the gas relative to Earth: the red portion is moving away and the blue colour represents gas moving toward Earth. Credit: Read More …
In the last decade there has been growing evidence supporting the coeval growth of galaxies and their resident Supermassive Black Hole (SMBH). However, it is still not clear what are the physical mechanisms that drive the black hole (BH) growth, how the large-scale environment (the mass of their Dark Matter Halo, DMHM) affects these feeding mechanisms and what is the connection between the environment of the SMBH and the host galaxy properties, e.g. Star- Formation Rate (SFR) and stellar mass (M⋆).
