Death and Birth of Stars – Page 35 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Astronomers Make a Supernova Movie

Posted on November 30, 1995April 4, 2017

Astronomers using an international network of radio telescopes have produced a movie showing details of the expansion of debris from an exploding star.

Black Hole in a Double Star System

Posted on June 8, 1995December 3, 2019

As scientists from the NRAO analyze a timelapse of powerful jets of material emerging from a double-star system 10,000 light-years away, new evidence from other research confirms that the source of the jets is a black hole.

VLBA Tracks Ejected Material From Mysterious X-Ray Nova

Posted on January 12, 1995November 6, 2019

Images made with the Very Long Baseline Array radio telescope show the mysterious X-ray nova in Scorpius as it ejected blobs of material at tremendous speeds over the period from August 18 to September 22, 1994.

Superluminal Motion Found In Milky Way

Posted on August 31, 1994April 4, 2017

Researchers using the Very Large Array have discovered that a small, powerful object in our own cosmic neighborhood is shooting out material at nearly the speed of light — a feat previously known to be performed only by the massive cores of entire galaxies.

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