Astronomy
WSU Telescopes Hone In On Venus Passing The Sun
A rare sighting of the planet Venus passing the sun Tuesday evening.
The Last Transit Of Venus During Our Lifetime
The planet Venus will pass between the Earth and the Sun — appearing as a small black dot passing across the sun’s bright disk.
Wayne State Prof Part Of Major Black Hole Breakthrough
Wayne State University has collaborated with an international team of astronomers using data from the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton satellite that has identified a long-sought X-ray “echo” that promises a new way to probe supersized black holes in distant galaxies.
Event Notices From February 13
The latest event and meeting notices from Michigan’s technology-focused companies and institutions
UM-Aided Research Finds Biggest Black Holes Ever
At 10 million times the mass of our sun, two newly discovered black holes are the most massive that astronomers have ever found.
UM Says Massive Stars May Have Cleared Early Universe’s Fog
The space between the galaxies wasn’t always transparent. In the earliest times, it was an opaque, dense fog. How it cleared is an important question in astronomy. New observational evidence from the University of Michigan shows how high energy light from massive stars could have been responsible.
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