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The interferometer team, led by Steve Ertel, associate astronomer of Steward Observatory, observed several phenomena ...
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There’s plenty of action at the center of the galaxy, where a supermassive black hole (SMBH) known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) literally holds the galaxy together. Part of that action is the creation ...
The intrepid mapping mission has collected more than three trillion observations that'll change the way we see our neck of ...
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Researchers from the University of Connecticut have created the first 3D maps of star-forming gas clouds in one of the most ...
Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. As supermassive black holes go, it is fairly ...
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