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Scientists at Durham University are developing a high-resolution camera for NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory to search for signs of life on distant Earth-like planets, using advanced technology like a coronagraph to observe planets close to bright stars, with the mission expected to launch in the early 2040s.
An ultramassive black hole, 30 billion times bigger than the Sun, has been discovered hundreds of millions of light-years away. The black hole was observed through gravitational lensing, which makes it possible to study inactive black holes. Experts believe black holes cannot grow much larger than the newly discovered object, making it one of the biggest ever detected and on the upper limit of how large black holes can theoretically become.
An ultramassive black hole, 30 billion times bigger than the Sun, has been discovered hundreds of millions of light-years away. The black hole was observed through gravitational lensing, which makes it possible to study inactive black holes. Experts believe black holes cannot grow much larger than the newly discovered object, making it one of the biggest ever detected and on the upper limit of how large black holes can theoretically become.
Astronomers from Durham University have discovered an ultramassive black hole, believed to be one of the largest ever detected, using a new technique called gravitational lensing. The black hole has a mass of 30 billion suns and is located at the center of a galaxy hundreds of millions of light-years from Earth. The team used a nearby galaxy as a magnifying glass to bend the light from the black hole, enabling them to closely examine how light is bent by a black hole. The finding opens up the possibility of discovering more inactive and ultramassive black holes than previously thought.
Scientists from Durham University and the University of York have twisted molecules to their limits to challenge understanding of chemical bonds. They examined how much twisting the chemical bonding in an aromatic ring could endure before it broke. By creating overcrowded aromatic rings, they found that low levels of overcrowding made the ring twist, but without breaking its aromatic bonding. The researchers found there is a balance point, where the ring jumps back and forth between the aromatic structure and the two smaller rings. The study was funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).