Harvard-Smithsonian
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Scientists have created a new algorithm that may allow astronomers to generate the first full image of a black hole. Using data collected from a connected array of radio telescopes around the world, the algorithm effectively turns the Earth into a gigantic radio telescope.
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The detection of a gamma-ray burst a fraction of a second after the first ever recorded instance of a gravitational wave has led scientists to theorize that the dual black holes at the heart of the phenomenon formed inside a single star.
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ScienceLast week an international team of scientists announced that they had made history by directly detecting gravitational waves. In light of those findings, a second team has attempted to detect the burst of visible light given off by the source of the waves – two merging black holes.
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Observations recorded in a study by researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian and Dartmouth College have shed light on the interior of Cassiopeia A. The team created an interactive 3D map of the exploded star, showing that the supernova remnant is made up of a series of massive cavities.