http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/stories/person/1249 Stories and external links referencing a person (RSS) en http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/environments/articles/chandra-sees-wealth-black-holes-star-forming-galaxies <!--paging_filter--><p>Three independent teams of research scientists, including one from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to find what they suspect are groups of mid-mass black holes in starburst galaxies. In a starburst galaxy, stars form and explode at an unusually high rate. The discovery could help explain the relationship among mid-mass black holes, star formation, and how massive black holes are produced. The scientists observed what they believe are mid-mass black holes as dozens of X-ray sources. These X-ray objects appear point-like and are ten to a thousand times more luminous in X-rays than similar sources found in our own Milky Way galaxy.</p> <p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/environments/articles/chandra-sees-wealth-black-holes-star-forming-galaxies">read more</a></p> Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:13:44 -0400 70652986 2990 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu