Supermassive black hole

New X-ray map reveals the growing supermassive black holes in next-generation survey fields

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Monday, June 7, 2021

The XMM-SERVS survey provides medium-deep X-ray coverage for three widely separated sky fields that have previously been studied at multiple wavelengths.

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  • The XMM-SERVS survey provides medium-deep X-ray coverage for three widely separated sky fields that have previously been studied at multiple wavelengths.
  • "Supermassive black holes are considered to have played a key role in how galaxies evolved because of the vast energy black holes release via accretion," said Chen.
  • "But how exactly did galaxies and their supermassive black holes interact with each other remains an open question."
  • Our new large sample of growing supermassive black holes will allow us to look at many more galaxy parameters together."

Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien - The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020: Black holes and the Milky Way's darkest secret

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Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Roger Penrose showed that the general theory of relativity leads to the formation of black holes.

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  • Roger Penrose showed that the general theory of relativity leads to the formation of black holes.
  • Einstein did not himself believe that black holes really exist, these super-heavyweight monsters that capture everything that enters them.
  • The orbits of the brightest stars closest to the middle of the Milky Way have been mapped with increasing precision.
  • Their pioneering work has given us the most convincing evidence yet of a supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.

Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien - The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020: Black holes and the Milky Way's darkest secret

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Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Roger Penrose showed that the general theory of relativity leads to the formation of black holes.

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  • Roger Penrose showed that the general theory of relativity leads to the formation of black holes.
  • Einstein did not himself believe that black holes really exist, these super-heavyweight monsters that capture everything that enters them.
  • The orbits of the brightest stars closest to the middle of the Milky Way have been mapped with increasing precision.
  • Their pioneering work has given us the most convincing evidence yet of a supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.

UKM-led Scientists Found Monster Black Holes Nearby Galaxies

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020

With the help of NASA's NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) satellite, they were able to observe the faintest growing supermassive black holes inthe cosmic backyard.

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  • With the help of NASA's NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) satellite, they were able to observe the faintest growing supermassive black holes inthe cosmic backyard.
  • "However, to obtain a complete picture of the growth of black holes, it is imperative to reconcile these results with what is seen in nearby galaxies, inthe "cosmic backyard".
  • "Prior to NuSTAR, astronomers had identified obscured growing black holes in some nearby galaxies, but not as many as expected," she added.
  • NuSTAR is now identifying many more nearby obscured systems, thereby helping reconcilethe view of growing black holes in the nearby universe to that in the distant universe.

Waterloo targets dark matter, dark energy and black holes with new astrophysics centre

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Friday, October 4, 2019

Waterloo, Canada, Oct. 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The University of Waterloo officially launched its astrophysics centre today.

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  • Waterloo, Canada, Oct. 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The University of Waterloo officially launched its astrophysics centre today.
  • The Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics (WCA) is being launched to build on the Universitys record of success in astrophysics, which includes the creation of the theories tested by the first-ever image of a black hole to be taken.
  • The centre also aims to advance human understanding of phenomena such as dark energy, dark matter and the nature of supermassive black holes.
  • The WCA officially launches on October 4th and includes a keynote address by Christine Jones Forman of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics.

Orolia Technology Synchronizes Black Hole Photo Telescopes

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Monday, April 15, 2019

As the world leader in maser atomic clock technology, Orolia provided the critical timing solution to synchronize telescopes around the world and create a virtual telescope the size of Earth to observe this deep space, supermassive object.

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  • As the world leader in maser atomic clock technology, Orolia provided the critical timing solution to synchronize telescopes around the world and create a virtual telescope the size of Earth to observe this deep space, supermassive object.
  • Some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located at challenging high-altitude sites, were synchronized with T4Science Masers to capture the sharpest image possible.
  • This technology requires synchronization, phase stability and phase coherence between different telescopes within a few femto-seconds, and leverages the Earth's rotation to form one Earth-size telescope.
  • "Orolia has been a proud supporter of space research and missions for more than forty years," said Orolia CEO Jean-Yves Courtois.