Sentences with phrase «compact objects known»
These eventually disperse and leave behind hot, compact objects known as white dwarfs.
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It was left to others to work through the details of these curious compact objects, the surfaces of which became known as Schwarzschild singularities.
Scientists have looked for the gravitational effects of unidentified, star - sized objects, which could be made either of normal matter or dark matter, known as massive compact halo objects, or MACHOs.
Even the discovery just last year of MACHOs — massive astrophysical compact halo objects, also known as brown dwarf stars (possibly)-- gets in.
«Our fluffy objects add to the great diversity of galaxies that were previously known, from giant ellipticals that outshine the Milky Way, to ultra compact dwarfs,» said University of California, Santa Cruz Professor Jean Brodie.
In fact, 1156 +295 is one of a class of objects recently found by NASA's Compton Gamma - Ray Observatory to exhibit powerful gamma - ray emission; such objects are among the most compact and energetic known in the universe.
Astrophysicists are hugely interested in black holes, as they're the most compact, gravitationally dominant objects known in the universe and, therefore, an extreme test for relativity.