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NASA image may show first-ever 'rogue' supermassive black hole, leaving a trail of newborn stars in its wake

A supermassive black hole may have been kicked out of its galaxy after two other black holes moved …

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Supermassive black hole bigger than 7 billion Suns is spinning so fast that it's close to breaking the laws of physics

Chandra’s X-ray data showed that M87 was spinning between 2.4 to 6.3 times faster than the speed of…

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Astronomers find 2 supermassive black holes — the nearest to Earth ever discovered — are merging into a 'monster'

Scientists said the pair of black holes is 89 million light-years away from Earth in the NGC 7727 g…

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The first-ever supermassive black hole to be captured on camera has a wobbly shadow

Now, using data that spans back over a decade, data collected from the project shows that the sh…

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Astronomers are baffled after spotting strange cosmic flares that have 10 billion times more power than the sun

Astronomers spotted at least 14 irregular and highly energetic bursts in deep space, each lasting o…

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Einstein's theory of general relativity just got 500 times harder to beat thanks to the first-ever black hole to be caught on camera

"Using the gauge we developed, we showed that the measured size of the black hole shadow in M8…

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Astronomers thought it was one massive black hole — but it's actually cluster of smaller black holes with a whole lot of energy

In an unexpected finding, astronomers have discovered a concentration of smaller black holes, inste…

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Photos show electrons from galaxies about a billion light-years away creating 2 'dancing ghosts' in the sky

Scientists were "baffled" by the shape of the clouds, which is unlike anything seen before with the…

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A black hole warped space-time so much that astronomers saw flashes of light from its far side

Albert Einstein predicted that black holes warp space-time, and astronomers just saw the proof - fl…

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Scientists detect light behind a black hole for the first time, proving Einstein's Theory

In 2017, astronomers took a giant leap by capturing the first-ever image of the darkest object i…

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Scientists spotted jets of hot gas whizzing out of a supermassive black hole at the heart of a nearby galaxy

Authors of a new study reveal how they imaged plasma jets shooting out of a black hole nestled insi…

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Colliding black holes the size of Lucknow merged to create light for the first time

A black hole merger between two partner black holes — with a combined mass of 150 suns but only as …

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A black hole bigger than the sun is pulling on the fabric of space and time

Black holes are generally known for pulling in any item that crosses their path using their gravi…

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An average neutron star is 1.4 times the mass of the Sun — but it’s no bigger than a city in size

On average, a neutron star has 1.4 times the density of the Sun. However, the Sun is more than…

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This year's black hole photography gets called off due to coronavirus concerns

Since it’s unlikely that the pandemic will end by then, Event Horizon Telescope believes tha…

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Supermassive black hole traps six galaxies in a 'spider web' that is 300 times bigger than the Milky Way

This is the first time that such a large number of galaxies have been spotted so close to …

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Scientists captured the first-ever picture of a supermassive black hole in the middle of a feeding frenzy — and it’s a little twisted

It’s called a quasar because it’s actively sucking in material, creating a very bright cen…

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Supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is beating faster than ever before

However, an increasing number of studies are pointing to the possibility that this may no long…

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Watch 2 supermassive black holes dance around each other in a mesmerizing NASA animation

Black holes are encircled by a glowing disk of hot gas. When one black hole approaches another, its…

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Invisible massive galaxies producing 1,000 suns a year could rewrite how the universe works

Billions of light years away and invisible to the naked eye, 39 massive galaxies are generating sta…