Studying X-ray emission with NASA’s NICER mission has shown up extremely bright galaxies, pulsars and other cosmic sources
Astronomy
Astronomy
Deep Space
Astronomers spot the signal of two distant neutron stars merging
The merger sent an intense flash of radiation into the cosmos, picked up by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory
Deep Space
X-ray ‘chimneys’ deplete the energy generated at the centre of the Milky Way
As stars form and black holes throw out energy, the centre of galaxies can have a build up of energy and require these ‘chimneys’ to offer a route to escape
Astronomy
Black hole detection could increase dramatically with exciting new technique
Astronomers devise new strategy which could lead to a triplication in the number of known stellar mass black holes