Astrophysicist Ue-Li Pen on the first image of the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
Versão Portuguesa 🇵🇹 Astronomers last week revealed the first image of the supermassive black hole at the heart of a galaxy not so far, far away – our home galaxy, the Milky Way. Scientists had previously observed stars orbiting around something invisible, compact and very massive at the centre of the…
Swift Tracks Potential Magnetic Flip of Monster Black Hole
Versão Portuguesa 🇵🇹 A rare and enigmatic outburst from a galaxy 236 million light-years away may have been sparked by a magnetic reversal, a spontaneous flip of the magnetic field surrounding its central black hole. Artist's impression of the unusual eruption of the galaxy 1ES 1927+654. A sudden reversal of…
NASA’s Webb In Full Focus, Ready for Instrument Commissioning
NASA’s Webb In Full Focus, Ready for Instrument Commissioning Alignment of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is now complete. After full review, the observatory has been confirmed to be capable of capturing crisp, well-focused images with each of its four powerful onboard science instruments. Upon completing the seventh and…
