... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....

... 2009 April 19 . The View Near a Black Hole . ... Explanation: In the center of a swirling whirlpool of hot gas is likely a beast that has never been seen directly: a black hole . ... The gas surrounding GRO J1655-40, for example, has been found to display an unusual flickering at a rate of 450 times a second. Given a previous mass estimate for the central object of seven times the mass of our Sun , the rate of the fast flickering can be explained by a black hole that is rotating very rapidly. ...

... The View Near a Black Hole . ... Credit: April Hobart, CXC Explanation: In the center of a swirling whirlpool of hot gas is likely a beast that has never been seen directly: a black hole . ... What physical mechanisms actually cause the flickering -- and a slower quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) -- in accretion disks surrounding black holes and neutron stars remains a topic of much research. ... April . ... Publications with keywords: black hole - accretion disk . ... Binary Black Hole in 3C 75 . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Behemoth black hole found in an unlikely place . ... black holes . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Do black holes stretch or rip the fabric of space-time? ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... If you are already registered on Astronomy.com, please log in below. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

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home education > resources . ... Resources . ... Astronomy Education Bibliography . ... Black Holes: An Introductory Resource List . ... Castelvecchi, D. "A New Breed of Black Hole" in Sky Telescope , Apr. 2006, p. 36. ... Charles, P. Wagner, R. "Black Holes in Binary Stars: Weighing the Evidence" in Sky Telescope , May 1996, p. 38. ... Nadis, S. "The Secret Lives of Black Holes" in Astronomy , Nov. 2007, p. 28. ... Nadis, S. "Black Holes: Seeing the Unseeable" in Astronomy , Apr. 2007, p. 26. ...

... The event horizon is the boundary of a black hole) . ... When the supermassive star implodes (collapses under it?s own gravity) a black hole is formed. Many black holes have been found in the centres of galaxies. ... It was thought that black holes don?t give out any energy at all (except when engulfing stars). ... It is thought that as the stars pass near to the centre, they are pulled in by the black hole and forced to remain orbiting around the black hole. ...

... 1st Announcement IAU Symposium 312 Star Clusters and Black Holes Across Cosmic Time, Beijing, China, Aug. 25-29, 2014 . ... SUBJECT: 1st Announcement IAU Symposium 312 Star Clusters and Black Holes Across Cosmic Time, Beijing, China, Aug. 25-29, 2014 . ... which will be held in Beijing, P.R. China, from August 25-29, 2014, hosted by Chinese Academy of Sciences . ... China), . ... 1st Announcement IAU Symposium 312 Star Clusters and Black Holes Across Cosmic Time, Beijing, China, Aug. ...

Observations over the last decade indicate black-holes likely resided at the heart of most if not all galaxies. The correlation between the masses of these compact nuclear sources and their host galaxy is poorly understood and likely plays an important role in the formation and evolution, of at least the most massive systems, due to AGN feedback. ... I will give a brief summary of the reverberation mapping technique and describe the important role SkyMapper photometry can play in this program. ...