SOFIA Finds Cool Dust Around Energetic Active Black Holes
Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 12:01
in Astronomy & Space
Portal origin URL: SOFIA Finds Cool Dust Around Energetic Active Black HolesPortal origin nid: 403531Published: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Researchers at the University of Texas San Antonio using observations from NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, found that the dust surrounding active, ravenous black holes are much more compact than previously thought.Portal image: Illustration of the ring of dust that can obscure the energetic processes near the black hole of an active galactic nuclei. Science Categories: Universe