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Press Releases from 2006

XMM-Newton Spots The Greatest of Great Balls of Fire
  • read the press release: June 12, 2006
  • An X-ray image of Abell 3266 can be found here
Galaxy Disruptions Probe Dark Matter
  • read the press release: June 7, 2006
  • For an image, click here
  • More about the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy can be found here
Most Distant Cluster of Galaxies Located
  • read the press release: June 5, 2006
  • For more on the XMM Cluster Survey visit the XCS homepage
  • An image and the related article are avaiable here
Scientists Predict Pulsar "Starquakes"
  • read the press release: June 5, 2006
  • More information about this result can be found here
"Cosmic Telescopes" May Have Found Infant Galaxies
  • read the press release: June 5, 2006
  • For an image and more information, click here
The Case of the Neutron Star with a Wayward Wake Space Telescope Leaves SLAC for Washington D.C. 'Extreme Physics' Observatory Prepares for Flight Penn State Researchers Look Beyond the Birth of the Universe
  • read the press release: May 12, 2006
  • An illustration is available on the web here
X-rays Fly as Cracking Comet Streaks Across the Sky AMEC's 'Big Bang' Telescope To Study The Birth Of The Universe XMM-Newton "Spare-Time" Provides Impressive Sky Survey VLBA Reveals Closest Pair of Supermassive Black Holes
  • read the press release: May 1, 2006
  • For more information about the VLBA click here
  • More information about the National Radio Astronomy Observatory can be found here
NASA Sees Hidden Structure of Neutron Star in Starquake
  • read the press release: April 24, 2006
  • More information about the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer is available here
NASA Finds "Green" (Energy Efficient) Black Holes Tumbling Neutron Star Revealed by XMM-Newton
  • read the press release: April 20, 2006
  • This article and the related images can be found here
NASA Achieves Breakthrough in Black Hole Simulation Study Finds Two Supermassive Black Holes Spiraling Towards Collision
  • read the press release: April 6, 2006
  • More information about these black holes can be found here
Slew Survey Reveals Secrets of X-ray Sky Lobster Telescope Has An Eye For X-rays NASA's Chandra Finds Evidence for Quasar Ignition NASA Satellite Glimpses Universe's First Trillionth of a Second Dark Matter Lighting up the First Stars - Sterile Neutrinos fecundate the Creation of Stars Scientists Piece Together the Most Distant Cosmic Explosion New Kind of Cosmic Explosion Detected Satellite Detects Unusual Cosmic Explosion Neutron Star Swaps Lead To Short Gamma-Ray Bursts
  • read the press release: January 31, 2006
  • The paper announcing this finding is available online here
Scientists May Soon Have Evidence for Exotic Predictions of String Theory Top High-Energy Astronomy Prize Awarded For Clocking Pulsars
  • read the press release: January 18, 2006
  • For more information about the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society, click here
Scientists Find Black Hole's Point of No Return Scientists Detect Indentation in Space-Time from Spinning Black Hole UI Researchers Discover Star Orbiting A 'Medium-Sized' Black Hole Clemson Research Collaboration Reveals There Is More To Starlight Than Meets The Eye
  • read the press release: January 5, 2006
  • An image is available here
  • For more information about Aluminum 26, click here
A Dying Star Reveals More Evidence For A New Kind Of Black Hole
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