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Astronomers Detect a Black Hole on the Move

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Cambridge, MA - Scientists have long theorized that supermassive black holes can wander through space—but catching them in the act has proven difficult. Now, researchers at the Center f...

A Giant, Sizzling Planet May be Orbiting the Star Vega

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Cambridge, MA - The research, published this month in The Astronomical Journal, was led by Spencer Hurt, an astronomy undergraduate student at the University of Colorado Boulder. Hurt con...

The Distance to the North Polar Spur

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One of the largest structures in the Milky Way galaxy, the North Polar Spur, was discovered at radio and X-ray wavelengths. The Spur is a giant ridge of bright emission that rises roughly...

Cold Dust Cores in the Central Zone of the Milky Way

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The Milky Way's central molecular zone (CMZ) spans the innermost 1600 light-years of the galaxy (for comparison, the Sun is 26,600 light-years away from the galactic center) and includes ...

Dust Storm Sequences on Mars

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Dust storms are one of the defining features of the Martian atmosphere. They range from microscale dust devils to global events, and greatly impact the Martian climate through atmospheric...

Cosmic Data Stories

The CosmicDS team, led by Principal Investigator Alyssa Goodman and Science PI Patricia Udomprasert, will facilitate connections between astronomers who want to tell the story of a discov...
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