Astronomers have previously theorised that a thick ring of dust, known as a torus, surrounds the supermassive black holes at the centre of huge galaxies
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New mysterious object found in familiar galaxy
Radio observations of Cygnus A show an unusual object near the centre, not shown in prior radio observations.
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Source of mysterious ‘fast radio burst’ revealed for the first time
“Now we can do real astrophysical analysis on the burst source and the galaxy that harbours it,” says James Cordes of Cornell University
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Starburst galaxy could shine light on stellar birth
Never-before-seen details of starburst galaxy M82 could point the way to understanding more about how stars form.