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Location of massive black holes discovered

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 00:02

A research team has discovered that the more massive black holes tend to be located in galactic environments with higher density, thus indicating that galaxies in a dense area often merge together, causing the growth of massive black holes.

Asteroid could make a flyby at 8,600 km from Earth in 2026

Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013, 09:55

A celestial body 20 metres in diameter will pass dangerously close -- 8,620 km -- to the Earth`s surface in 13 years, an Italian astronomer has said.

`Oldest galaxy` in universe discovered

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 08:53

A team of Japanese astronomers in Hawaii claim to have found the oldest galaxy, a discovery that is competing with other “earliest galaxy” findings.

Astronomical observatory to come up in Tibet

Last Updated: Friday, April 13, 2012, 14:21

A remote area in Tibet may be chosen as the location for a new international astronomical observatory.