The astronomy community is
speculating on what may have caused the burst; perhaps a collision of two
older black holes or two neutron stars. Most
scientists are convinced short and long bursts arise from two different
catastrophic origins. Slooh allows members to access and control its
high-powered telescopes, which are situated at 7900 feet on Mt.com."
"Our partnership with Discovery.com .
Repetitive explosive activity fueled by the in-fall of gas into central
black holes is known to occur in giant elliptical galaxies located in galaxy
clusters.

interstellar nebulae

Swift is managed by GSFC. In development since 2001, Slooh has been
live and online every night since April 24th, 2004. Slooh's missions are driven by its patent
pending LightMachine(TM) technology, which accumulates the light of distant
celestial objects and displays them in real time for the viewing audience. "Without these X-ray and radio
observations , we wouldn't know these apparently static galaxies in reality are
still evolving due to the interaction with their central black holes.

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"We are combing the region around the burst with the Keck Telescope in
Hawaii for clues about this burst or its host galaxy," said Shri Kulkarni,
from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. Kulkarni is a
gamma-ray burst expert. Slooh's patent pending
technology collects the light of distant celestial objects and develops the
images in real time as members look on. Slooh is configured to optimize the
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online for a 7-night free trial and requires only a 56K modem and Flash 7. High angular resolution imaging
observations by Chandra indicate otherwise.

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Swift autonomously locked onto the location, and the satellite
focused its onboard telescopes in less than a minute to capture the burst
afterglow.com ).
Slooh's telescopes are stationed five hours ahead of Eastern Standard
Time, which enables members in North America to see the night sky during
daylight hours in the U. WASHINGTON, Black holes are creating havoc in
unsuspected places, according to a new study of images of elliptical galaxies
made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
"These results are part of an emerging picture that shows the impact of
super-massive black holes on their environment is far more pervasive than
previously thought," Statler said.

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"What we are seeing so far is what proponents of the
merger theory have been saying all along," Kulkarni added.com), the first
online service to offer live viewing of outer space , has joined forces with
Discovery.95 per month is also available.

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The
spacecraft was built in collaboration with national laboratories, universities
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Previous X-ray studies have shown elliptical galaxies contain multimillion
degree gas whose mass is a few percent of the stars in it.
"We found the distribution of hot gas has no correlation with the optical
shape," Diehl said.

Astronomy is the study physical and chemical properties of the stars, planets, galaxies and the universe, as we know it, today and in the past.

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Neil Gehrels. Theories
predict these collisions wouldn 't produce a long afterglow, since there isn't
much fuel, such as dust and gas, from the objects or the region to sustain
one. Penn State University controls science and flight
operations from the Mission Operations Center in University Park, Pa. Slooh has stationed
high-powered telescopes in the Canary Islands, one of the world's best
locations for astronomical viewing. Contrary to expectations , they found the
distribution of the multimillion-degree gas in these galaxies differed
markedly from that of the stars.

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NASA Scientists Catch Unique Gamma-Ray Burst

"Seeing the afterglow from a short gamma-ray burst was a major goal for
Swift, and we hit it just a few months after launch ," said Dr.sonoma.

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slooh. Astronomers believe
massive clouds of hot gas in these galaxies have been stirred up by
intermittent explosive activity from centrally located super-massive black
holes."
These results came from an analysis of 56 elliptical galaxies in the
Chandra data archive by associate professor Thomas Statler and doctoral
candidate Steven Diehl, both of the Physics and Astronomy department at the
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
"Most elliptical galaxies have traditionally been considered to be quiet
places, like placid lakes," Statler said. "Something is definitely making a mess there, and pumping
energy equivalent to a supernova every century into the gas.

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"For the first time, we have real data to figure out
what these things are," he added. Ground-based telescopes have not definitely detected an afterglow. Slooh has added many new features since its
launch, including Slooh Radio , a nightly live audio feed of leading astronomy
personalities who describe Slooh missions in progress as they take questions
from members. Featured speakers have included David Levy, co-discoverer of
Comet Shoemaker-Levy and Bob Berman of Astronomy Magazine.

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Chandra researchers presented their data today during the 207th meeting of
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Short bursts had
remained elusive until May 9, when Swift detected the recent flash called GRB
050509B .gsfc.com is an important milestone in our quest
to popularize astronomy," said Michael Paolucci, President and Founder of
Slooh.95 per year for unlimited group
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Slooh is currently
recruiting amateur comet hunters to join its stable of Slooh Discoverers , who
will use the observatories to make true discoveries on behalf of the
membership. Except for rare
cases, violent activity in elliptical galaxies was thought to have stopped
long ago. For Chandra Images and
information on the Web, visit:

http://chandra.

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Bursts
lasting more than two seconds have been observed by NASA satellites such as
Swift, built to detect and quickly locate the flashes."
Since its limited introduction, Slooh has already attracted thousands of
loyal paying customers, and is a leader in the burgeoning market of pay
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NASA's Chandra Finds Black Holes Stirring Up Galaxies

"Our results show these galaxies are
a lot stormier than we thought. The Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory controls science and flight operations from the
Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass.nasa.

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All of this fits the pattern of a collision between some combination of
black holes or neutron stars, both of which are created during the deaths of
massive stars.gov

For more information about this and other Swift -detected bursts on the
Internet, visit:

http://grb.

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The longer bursts appear to be from massive star
explosions in very distant galaxies.com
(http://discovery ., manages the Chandra
program for the agency's Science Mission Directorate.

cosmology occultations

The burst marks the birth of a black hole. Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope did not see an
afterglow.
Swift is a NASA mission in partnership with the Italian Space Agency and
the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council of the United Kingdom.; Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif. Discovery. The scientists detected a correlation between the shape of the
hot gas clouds and the power produced at radio wavelengths by high-energy
electrons.
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.

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For more information about Swift on the Internet, visit:

http://swift.slooh.com to introduce Slooh's live space show to Discovery.slooh .S.
Slooh's basic membership costs $49.

astronomy extraterrestrial

Additional solo time can be purchased in 15-minute intervals for $19. It was expected the hot gas would have settled into an equilibrium
shape similar to, but rounder, than the stars. This power output can be traced back to the centers of the
galaxies , where super-massive black holes are located.

interferometry transits

Swift's X-ray telescope detected a weak afterglow that faded away after
about five minutes.7 billion light years away from Earth.
Additional observations are planned for NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and
Chandra X-ray Observatory.

astronomy eclipses

Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the universe. The shorter ones, less than two seconds
and often just a few milliseconds, are the deeper mystery, because they have
been too fast for detailed observation.
In contrast, afterglows from long bursts linger from days to weeks. Teide, at the
Institute of Astrophysics in the Canary Islands, one of the world's best
locations for astronomical viewing. "It is a validation of Slooh's success thus far in making astronomy
easy and affordable for the general public.
The Chandra data revealed an unsuspected turmoil in elliptical galaxies
that belies their calm appearance in optical light. Statler and Diehl's analysis indicates the same phenomena are also
occurring in isolated elliptical galaxies.

zooming galaxies

Black
holes have no surface and are regions in space of infinite density.M.com is pleased to introduce this new product to our audience ,"
said Mark Irwin, Vice President of Operations at Discovery.gov

For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit:

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messier eclipses

The afterglow contains information about what caused the burst.
The burst appears to have occurred near a galaxy that has old stars and is
relatively nearby, about 2.; Mullard Space
Science Laboratory in Dorking, Surrey, England; the University of Leicester,
England; Brera Observatory, Milan and ASI Science Data Center, Frascati,
Italy.nasa.
"Discovery.

galaxies brightness

He is the Swift project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
(GSFC), Greenbelt, Md.
"This is another example of how valuable it is to observe the universe at
different wavelengths besides just the traditional optical wavelengths," said
NASA's Chandra Program Scientist Wilt Sanders.

observable brightness

This is
consistent with the theory that short bursts come from older, evolved neutron
stars and black holes.edu

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monthly membership of $7. The discovery of far-reaching
explosive activity, due to giant central black holes in these old galaxies,
was a surprise to astronomers."
Although supernovae are a possible energy source, a more probable cause
was identified.

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WASHINGTON, NASA scientists have , for the first
time, detected and pinned down the location of a short gamma-ray burst,
lasting only 50 milliseconds. Neutron stars are dense spheres about 20 miles across. In contrast, longer gamma -ray bursts tend to be in
young, distant galaxies filled with young, massive stars, remnants of the
early universe.com Audience Takes Command From Their Home Computers
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