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Swift and XMM-Newton Satellites spots a Middleweight Black Hole

Swift and XMM-Newton Satellites spots a Middleweight Black Hole
Good news for all who are interested in black holes! Astronomers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, find that an X-ray source in galaxy NGC 5408 that represents one of the best cases for a middleweight black hole to date. While astronomers have studied lightweight and...
November 10th, 2009 | Space | Read More »

NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory mission fails

NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory mission fails
The first climate change monitoring satellite from NASA, that was launched on Tuesday, has failed to reach it’s orbit due to a serious malfunction in the rocket. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) was designed for mapping Earth’s carbon dioxide levels and study how the carbon dioxide level...
February 24th, 2009 | Space | Read More »