Virtual Telescope Project

Monstrous black hole feeds on nearby matter just 1 billion years after the Big Bang (Photos)

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Astronomers have imaged a feeding quasar powered by a black hole at the very edge of the universe, so far away that it was seen as it appeared less than 1 billion years after the Big Bang. The quasar, named SDSS J114816.64+525150.3, is powered by a supermassive black hole of more than 3 billion times … Read more

Here’s how to spot the ‘horned’ comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in the night sky this month (video)

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You may get a chance to see a comet this month. In addition to good weather and a little luck, all you need to see Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks are good binoculars or a telescope and a celestial map to guide you to where this celestial wanderer happens to be. The comet bears the names of two … Read more