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  • Rogue supernovas likely flung into space by black hole slingshots

    Aug 13, 2015 2:30 pm by Liz AhlbergResearch
    hubble space telescope image shows and elliptical galaxy with dark, wispy dust lanes, the signature of a recent galaxy merger

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    • hubble space telescope image shows and elliptical galaxy with dark, wispy dust lanes, the signature of a recent galaxy merger

    Using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and other telescopes, astronomer Ryan Foley traced 13 high-velocity exploding stars back to the galaxies they came from to find the peculiar combination of events leading to the stars’ lonely deaths.