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| Active supermassive black holes revealed in merging galaxies Posted: 28 Jan 2014 06:43 AM PST Astronomers have conducted infrared observations of luminous, gas-rich, merging galaxies to study active, mass-accreting supermassive black holes (SMBHs). They found that at least one SMBH almost always becomes active and luminous by accreting a large amount of material. |
| River of hydrogen flowing through space observed Posted: 27 Jan 2014 01:44 PM PST Astronomers have discovered what could be a never-before-seen river of hydrogen flowing through space. This very faint, very tenuous filament of gas is streaming into the nearby galaxy NGC 6946 and may help explain how certain spiral galaxies keep up their steady pace of star formation. |
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