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Combining separate observations of the Hubble space telescopes in visible light, and Chandra and Newton in X-radiation on the same quasar made it possible to distinguish more details. X-ray image: NASA/CXC/University of Michigan RCReis et al. Optical NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute

Hubble, Chandra and Newton were able to measure the spin of a distant black hole for the first time

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The galaxy cluster SXDF-XCLJ0218-0510 which is 9.6 billion light years away from us. The most distant cluster known as of May 2010. Image: Max Planck Institute for Physics

The most distant galaxy cluster has been discovered

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A new insight into magnets

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The center of the Milky Way, which also contains the black hole *Sagittarius A. The black hole and several massive young stars in this region create the heated gas vapor visible at X-ray frequencies. Photo: Helvin Chandra, Harvard University and Tokyo University

The black hole at the center of the Milky Way erupted 300 years ago

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Researchers from the University of Oklahoma and China examined observations from the Hubble Space Telescope and discovered two massive black holes in the quasar Mercarian 231. Photo: Space Telescope Science Facility, Baltimore, Maryland.

Astronomical observation of a black hole feast

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How can a black hole be discovered?

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