MOST POWERFUL ERUPTION IN THE UNIVERSE DISCOVERED
Date: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 @ 21:52:53 GMT
Topic: Science


Astronomers have found the most powerful eruption in the universe using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. A super massive black hole generated this eruption by growing at a remarkable rate. This discovery shows the enormous appetite of large black holes, and the profound impact they have on their surroundings.

The huge eruption was seen in a Chandra image of the hot, X-ray emitting gas of a galaxy cluster called MS 0735.6+7421. Two vast cavities extend away from the super massive black hole in the cluster's central galaxy. The eruption, which has lasted for more than 100 million years, has generated energy equivalent to hundreds of millions of gamma-ray bursts.

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In other Physics NEWS:

NESTED METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS AS POSSIBLE NOVEL HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIALS, January 05
The success of hydrogen technology for driving vehicles depends on the storage of hydrogen, for which a truly satisfying solution has yet to be found. A team of scientists from the University of North Carolina and the United States Department of Energy has now developed a metal-organic material whose cavities keep hydrogen molecules "trapped"-this may be a new prototype for the design of new storage media.

Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news2573.html

THE DYNAMO IN THE CORNFIELD, January 05
To understand our planet's magnetic field, Wisconsin scientists are studying a ball of molten metal.

In an underground bunker that brushes up against a barnyard on one side and a cornfield on the other, scientists from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, are trying to solve an enduring cosmic mystery: how does the Earth generate its magnetic field - the vast, invisible web that shapes the aurora, makes compass needles point north, and shields us from solar storms? And how do similar fields get generated in almost every other planet in our solar system, as well as in the Sun, other stars, and even entire galaxies?

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