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High-Energy Astrophysics News

Welcome to our archive of past news articles.
You will find previous articles listed below from most the recent back to our first articles in 1996.

2008

Link to article NASA Scientists Identify Smallest Known Black Hole
[02 April 2008]
- Using a new technique, two NASA scientists have identified the lightest known black hole. With a mass only about 3.8 times greater than our Sun and a diameter of only 15 miles, the black hole lies very close to the minimum size predicted for black holes that originate from dying stars.


Link to article NASA Satellite Detects Record Explosion Halfway Across Universe
[21 March 2008]
- A powerful stellar explosion detected March 19 by NASA's Swift satellite has shattered the record for the most distant object that could be seen with the naked eye.


Link to article WMAP Reveals Neutrinos, End of Dark Ages, First Second of Universe
[10 March 2008]
- NASA released this week five years of data collected by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP). These data refine our understanding of the universe and its development.


Link to article NASA's Swift Satellite Catches a Galaxy Ablaze With Starbirth
[26 February 2008]
- Combining 39 individual frames taken over 11 hours of exposure time, NASA astronomers have created this ultraviolet mosaic of the nearby Triangulum Galaxy. "This is the most detailed ultraviolet image of an entire galaxy ever taken," says Stefan Immler of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Immler used NASA's Swift satellite to take the images, and he then assembled them into a mosaic that seamlessly covers the entire galaxy.


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