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January

• Pulsar  Linked  to Historic  Supernova  (11-1-2001) The Chandra X-ray Observatory has provided new evidence that a known pulsar is the contemporary counterpart to a supernova witnessed by Chinese observers more than 1,600 years ago.

• Hubble  and  Chandra  Find Evidence  of  Event  Horizons(12-1-2001)   Astronomers have discovered evidence for what could be the largest structure in the observable universe.

• Supernova  Remnant  Found  in  Milky Way's  Core  (15-1-2001)  Scientists using the Chandra X-ray Observatory believe a supernova remnant may have fed material to our galaxy's central black hole

February

• Black  Hole  Hunding  in  the  Deep  Field (5-2-2001)

An array of European radio telescopes has found numerous black holes in the Hubble Deep Field.

• Brown  Dwarf  Look-a-likes  (10-2-2001)

A pair of astronomers has uncovered two examples of a kind of star that had been imagined, but never found.

• Rethinking  Einstein  (14-2-2001)

A team of physicists has found that the speed of light may not be so constant.

• First  Black  Hole  Discovered  in  Milky Way's  Halo(26-2-2001)

Two teams have used the remodeled Multiple Mirror Telescope to observe the first known black hole in our galaxy's halo.
 
 

                                                          March

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• Starbirth  May  Spread  like  Bushfires  (5-3-2001)

A Hubble Space Telescope image of a barred spiral galaxy shows that regions of starbirth have jumped around. and the galaxy's bar may provide the material for these young stars.

• Mysterious  Stellar  Variations  in  Global  Cluster (6-3-2001)

Astronomers have found surprising chemical anomalies among the dwarf stars of a globular cluster.

• A  Supermassive  Black  Hole  in  Our  Cosmic  Backyard  (12-3-2001)

Astronomers have found a supermassive black hole in a nearby galaxy.

• Fringe  Benefits  of  the  X-ray  Backround  (14-3-2001)

Astronomers from Johns Hopkins University find a new breed of quasar.
 
 

                                                                           April

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• Hunting  for  Gold  among  Cosmic  Wreckage  (5-4-2001)

Much of the world?s precious metals may spring from neutron star collisions.

• Quaser  Survey  Maps  the "Lumpy"  Universe  (10-4-2001)

Thousands of quasars are revealing the universe's irregular architecture.
 

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