Sentences with phrase «center of a distant galaxy»

In the center of a distant galaxy, almost 300 million light years from Earth, scientists have discovered a supermassive black hole that is «choking» on a sudden influx of stellar debris.

SEATTLE — Two supermassive black holes are preparing to face off in the center of a distant galaxy.

This animation outlines the rays» journey to Earth from one possible starting point: being launched from a black hole at the center of a distant galaxy.

The objects causing these low - frequency ripples — such as orbiting supermassive black holes at the centers of distant galaxies — would be different from the higher frequency ripples, emitted by collisions of much smaller black holes, that have so far been detected on Earth.

The main problem is that the postulated lens must lie very close to the black hole itself, and it takes a radio telescope the size of Earth to see detail that fine at the center of a distant galaxy.

Astronomers have uncovered a supermassive black hole that has been propelled out of the center of a distant galaxy by what could be the awesome power of gravitational waves.

Therefore, to investigate an AGN in detail, astronomers need to observe the centers of distant galaxies.

The scientists are writing software to sift out uninteresting signals — such as those from television stations, meteors and black holes at the centers of distant galaxies — to reveal a kind of three - dimensional CAT scan of the early universe that theorists predict lies buried within the noise.

VLBA images detect orbital motion of two supermassive black holes as they circle each other at the center of a distant galaxy.

Quasars are very luminous objects powered by accretion of gas into supermassive black holes at the centers of distant galaxies.

Powerful jets emitted from the centers of distant galaxies make for spectacular signposts in the radio sky.