Black Holes & Exotic
14 entries in the Cosmos Codex compendium.
Sagittarius AThe supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.M87The giant galaxy whose central black hole was the first ever imaged.GRO J1655-40A microquasar where a black hole feeds on an F-type star.GRS 1915+105A microquasar whose jets appear to move faster than light.A0620-00One of the nearest known black holes, also called V616 Monocerotis.XTE J1118+480A black-hole X-ray binary found in outburst in 2000.PSR B1919+21The first radio pulsar ever discovered, once nicknamed LGM-1.PSR J0740+6620One of the most massive neutron stars known.PSR J0348+0432A heavy neutron star in a tight orbit with a white dwarf.GW150914The first gravitational waves ever detected, from two merging black holes.GW170817Colliding neutron stars seen in both gravitational waves and light.Tabby's StarThe star with the strange, deep dips in brightness.Boötes VoidThe Great Nothing, one of the largest known voids.FRB 121102The first fast radio burst found to repeat.
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