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Sleeping giant surprises Gaia scientists
Sleeping giant surprises Gaia scientists
CSFK
2024. april 22.
Wading through the wealth of data from ESA’s Gaia mission, scientists found a massive, dormant black hole. With a mass of nearly 33 times that of the Sun, this is the largest black hole of stellar origin known so far within the Milky Way.
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162 minutes from discovery until impact
162 minutes from discovery until impact
László Molnár
2024. january 23.
Krisztián Sárneczky has discovered another tiny asteroid heading straight for Earth with the Schmidt telescope in Piszkéstető. The demise of 2024 BX1 was observed later that night above Europe.
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How do you weigh a star? Masses of RR Lyrae stars revealed through their pulsations
How do you weigh a star? Masses of RR Lyrae stars revealed through their pulsations
CSFK
2023. september 08.
Measuring the masses of stars is not always easy, and for the RR Lyrae-type variable stars, in particular, there has been no good way to do this. Our researchers are the first to determine the masses of such stars using seismic models.
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