SmokeInFog · @smokeinfog
5 followers · 143 posts · Server newsie.socialAstronomers discover a luminous nuclear transient
"[A] group of astronomers led by Sam Oates of the University of Birmingham, U.K., has conducted follow-up Swift observations of a gravitational wave alert known as S190930t in order to find its electromagnetic counterpart."
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-astronomers-luminous-nuclear-transient.html
#J221951 #S190930t #Swift #UVOT
#luminousNuclearEvent #gravatiationalWaveAstronomy
#tidalDisruptionEvent #TDE #activeGalacticNucleus #AGN #astronomy #science #space
#j221951 #s190930t #swift #uvot #luminousnuclearevent #gravatiationalwaveastronomy #tidaldisruptionevent #tde #activegalacticnucleus #AGN #astronomy #Science #Space
Mr.Trunk · @mrtrunk
3 followers · 2284 posts · Server dromedary.seedoubleyou.meGizmodo: Astronomers Surprised By a Distant Black Hole Roaring Back to Life https://gizmodo.com/distant-black-hole-roaring-back-life-1850615050 #europeansouthernobservatory #intermediatemassblackhole #supermassiveblackhole #activegalacticnucleus #tidaldisruptionevent #samanthaoates #sagittariusa #mattnicholl #blackhole #astronomy #galaxies
#europeansouthernobservatory #intermediatemassblackhole #supermassiveblackhole #activegalacticnucleus #tidaldisruptionevent #samanthaoates #sagittariusa #mattnicholl #blackhole #astronomy #galaxies
Soh Kam Yung · @sohkamyung
556 followers · 11288 posts · Server mstdn.ioThe discovery of a doughnut shaped torus shows a link between various types of active galaxies (quasars, blazars, etc.): we’re just viewing a common type of galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from different angles.
#Astronomy #Space #Galaxies #ActiveGalacticNucleus #SuperMassiveBlackHoles
https://public.nrao.edu/news/key-feature-powerful-radio-galaxies/
#astronomy #space #galaxies #activegalacticnucleus #supermassiveblackholes