Wednesday, June 12, 2013

ScienceDaily: Stars News

ScienceDaily: Stars News


Shining a light on cool pools of gas in the galaxy

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 11:48 AM PDT

Newly formed stars shine brightly, practically crying out, "Hey, look at me!" But not everything in our Milky Way galaxy is easy to see. The bulk of material between the stars in the galaxy -- the cool hydrogen gas from which stars spring -- is nearly impossible to find.

Black hole naps amidst stellar chaos

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 11:45 AM PDT

Nearly a decade ago, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory caught signs of what appeared to be a black hole snacking on gas at the middle of the nearby Sculptor galaxy. Now, NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), which sees higher-energy X-ray light, has taken a peek and found the black hole asleep.

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