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Astronomers at Max Planck Institute of Germany discover a new black hole named Holmberg 15A
Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute of Germany have recently discovered a new black hole named Holmberg 15A that is clocking in at 40 billion times the mass of the Sun. The black hole is supergiant elliptical galaxy i.e. around 700 million light-years away from Earth and resides right at the centre of the Abell ..
Topics: Astronomy • Black hole • Black holes • Cetus • Elliptical galaxies • Extragalactic astronomy • Galaxies • Holmberg 15A • Physical cosmology • Supermassive black hole
The researchers at ARIES discovers 28 new stars in Milky Way galaxy
The Indian scientists at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) have recently discovered 28 new variable stars in the Milky Way galaxy using 3.6 metre Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT) established in 2016 near Nainital. The ARIES team of researchers was led by Dr. Sneh Lata and Dr. A K Pandey. It is for ..
Topics: Aries • Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences • Astronomical objects • Astronomy • Coma Berenices • Constellations • Devasthal Observatory • Elliptical galaxies • Globular cluster • Northern constellations • Star cluster • Variable star