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3mo ago

Rare X‑Ray Flash Reveals Faint Shock Breakout in Type Ic‑BL Supernova

The result suggests stripped massive stars can explode without visible relativistic jets, prompting new searches for early shock-breakout events to test 'choked jet' models.

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7mo ago

XRISM Confirms White Dwarf Powers Gamma Cassiopeiae’s Extreme X-Rays

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10mo ago

Chandra’s 25-Year X‑Ray Timelapse Charts Uneven Expansion of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant

4 ARTICLES

10mo ago

New Chandra Image Reveals 'Champagne Cluster' as Two Merging Galaxy Clusters

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10mo ago

Brightest Blue Cosmic Flash Linked to Black Hole Tearing Apart a Massive Star, Studies Find

15 ARTICLES

11mo ago

Dormant Supermassive Black Hole 'Ansky' Awakens with Record-Breaking X-Ray Flares

5 ARTICLES

last yr.

New Study Links Galactic Hydrogen Ionization to Light Dark Matter

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last yr.

Rare Binary Star Pair Observed in X-Ray Flash by Einstein Probe

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last yr.

Astronomers Uncover How Black Holes Sustain Themselves Through Gas Cooling Cycles

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last yr.

Astronomers Observe Unprecedented X-Ray Flashes from Distant Black Hole

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last yr.

NASA Observes Black Hole Jet Colliding with Unidentified Object in Centaurus A

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2y ago

NASA Telescopes and Simulations Reveal Black Hole's Star Consumption Patterns

X-ray Astronomy

Rare X‑Ray Flash Reveals Faint Shock Breakout in Type Ic‑BL Supernova

XRISM Confirms White Dwarf Powers Gamma Cassiopeiae’s Extreme X-Rays

Chandra’s 25-Year X‑Ray Timelapse Charts Uneven Expansion of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant

New Chandra Image Reveals 'Champagne Cluster' as Two Merging Galaxy Clusters

Brightest Blue Cosmic Flash Linked to Black Hole Tearing Apart a Massive Star, Studies Find

Real-Time Black Hole Flare Triggers Ultrafast Wind at 20% Light Speed

eROSITA Map Reveals Interstellar Tunnel From Local Hot Bubble Toward Centaurus

Chandra Finds Early Quasar’s Black Hole Growing Beyond the Eddington Limit

First Spectroscopic Study Confirms Massive Gas Filament in Shapley Supercluster

Dormant Supermassive Black Hole 'Ansky' Awakens with Record-Breaking X-Ray Flares

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X-ray Astronomy

New Study Links Galactic Hydrogen Ionization to Light Dark Matter

Rare Binary Star Pair Observed in X-Ray Flash by Einstein Probe

Astronomers Uncover How Black Holes Sustain Themselves Through Gas Cooling Cycles

Astronomers Observe Unprecedented X-Ray Flashes from Distant Black Hole

NASA Observes Black Hole Jet Colliding with Unidentified Object in Centaurus A

NASA Telescopes and Simulations Reveal Black Hole's Star Consumption Patterns

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