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The ‘fuzzy’ photo of the black hole could soon be sharp as a knife
The satellites would have telescopes on board and since all of this is up in space — the t…
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This Space Picture Changes Our Understanding Of How Black Holes Form
The ring of hot dust that wraps itself around the center of the black hole is drawn in from surroun…
Dina Spector
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Supermassive black hole is eating meals worth four Moons thrice a day
In fact, the phenomenon was so unprecedented that scientists had to coin a new phrase for it —…
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James Webb Space Telescope spots a supermassive black hole in the early universe, much sooner after the Big Bang than scientists can explain
NASA's Webb telescope spotted an active supermassive black hole that existed 570 million years afte…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Jenny M…
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Supermassive black holes grew from mysterious ‘seeds’ that are yet to be found
Black holes are one of the most mysterious objects in outer space whose origins continue to perplex…
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Milky Way’s ‘quiet wimpy’ black hole is getting hungrier and brighter
The black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, is normally benign. But, for the first…
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Millions of black holes are speeding around the Milky Way after being kicked at birth
Travelling at speeds greater than 70 kilometers per second — that’s 252,000 kilometers per hou…
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A rare trio of supermassive black holes spotted as three galaxies collide
Located a billion light years away from Earth, the collision doesn't pose any threat to th…
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Black holes are rampaging through our universe at more than 2.2 million mph and scientists think they now know why
Scientists simulating the death of supermassive stars witnessed an unusual kick that sometimes occu…
Maiya Focht
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There was a big spark — 75 times brighter than usual — from the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way
Our solar system, the Milky Way, has a supermassive black hole at the heart of it and it just shine…
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A bizarre galaxy NASA spotted at the edge of the universe could upend what we know about supermassive black holes
A very early galaxy puzzling scientists suggests supermassive black holes may not have come from de…
Marianne Guenot
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Chinese astronomers discovered a black hole so big it shouldn't exist according to current science
The discovery was published in the scientific journal Nature on Wednesday. The black hole was disco…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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A NASA image shows the center of our galaxy in unprecedented detail. Expect far more revealing photos from a soon-to-launch telescope.
JWST will study every phase of the universe's history in order to learn about how the first stars a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A three-way collision of galaxies has given birth to a monstrous black hole
But the galaxy in question, IRAS 20100-4156, appears to be made up of three separate spiral galaxie…