The cosmic couple Cygnus X-3 intrigues researchers. Located 32,000 light-years away, this system, composed of a compact ...
Using the Japanese-led X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), astronomers have taken a deep look into a fascinating ...
NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has helped astronomers better understand the shapes of structures essential ...
It then took another 40 years for scientists to find one when, in 1972, astronomers Paul Murdin and Louise Webster surmised ...
XRISM’s detailed study of Cygnus X-3, a unique binary system 32,000 light-years away, reveals complex gas dynamics driven by ...
AT 2021hdr is a binary supermassive black hole (BSMBH) system in the center of a galaxy 1 billion light-years away, in the Cygnus constellation. In 2021, researchers observing it using NASA’s Zwicky ...
What Was the First Black Hole Ever Discovered? The first accepted black hole was Cygnus X-1. Discovered during a 1971 rocket flight, Cygnus X-1 is one of the strongest X-ray sources detectable ...
It's a place so far out our minds twist and bend when trying to process the number: one billion light years away, in a constellation called Cygnus. The galaxy has at its core two black holes that ...
Cygnus X-3 is a high-mass binary consisting of a compact object (likely a black hole) and a hot Wolf-Rayet star. This artist's concept shows one interpretation of the system. High-resolution X-ray ...
The dual black holes are in the center of a galaxy called 2MASX J21240027+3409114, located 1 billion light-years away in the northern constellation Cygnus. The pair are about 16 billion miles (26 ...
This system hosts a black hole and two stars in an unexpected configuration. Located in the constellation Cygnus, this cosmic trio is dominated by a black hole strongly pulling on a nearby star, while ...