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A mesmerizing photo shows powerful magnetic fields swirling around a black hole
The image illustrates that magnetic fields are strong enough to prevent some matter from getting su…
Aria Bendix
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This new photo of a supermassive black hole is unlike any before, showing powerful magnetic fields spiraling around it
A new photo of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole taken from the Event Horizon Telescope shows…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Artificial intelligence may have just given astronomers a better idea of what black holes really look like
A machine learning algorithm created by researchers seems to have provided a clearer image of the M…
Aaron McDade
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Humans have to get in the way of AI to make it more responsible
In this edition, why human AI ethicists can slow down irresponsible AI, Amazon CEO's lower pay and …
Emilia David
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Black hole image supports Einstein's theory of gravity, disappointing scientists who are probing for cracks
Researchers captured the first image of our galaxy's supermassive black hole. It could help confirm…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Meet the black hole at the center of our galaxy: Scientists just took its picture for the first time
Researchers unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole lurking at the heart of our gal…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Paola R…
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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…
Aylin Woodward
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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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The first-ever picture of a black hole is fuzzy. These incredible illustrations help explain what it shows.
The black hole weighs about as much as 6.5 billion suns, and the shadow of its event horizon - wher…
Dave Mosher
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Here's how astronomers took the first image of a black hole that's located 55 million light years away
It's about 6.5 billion times as massive as our Sun - that's enormous even compared to other superma…
Jessica Orwig,David Anderson
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A 29-year-old female graduate student was behind algorithms which helped capture the first-ever picture of a black hole
In the search for a way to capture an image of the black hole, located 55 million light years away …
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Rare doughnut-shaped galaxy — a ‘cosmic ring of fire' — is making baby stars 50 times faster than the Milky Way
Astronomers have spotted a ‘cosmic ring of fire’ making stars 50 times faster than the Milky Way — …
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'Like looking at the gates of Hell': Astronomers just showed off the first picture of a black hole, and it's a monster
The EHT was seriously challenged in this regard, though. While the telescope is considered to be Ea…
Dave Mosher
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The scientists who photographed a supermassive black hole for the first time just won a $3 million prize. Here's their groundbreaking image.
"As a cloud of gas gets closer to the black hole, they speed up and heat up," Josephine Peters, an …
Aria Bendix
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Incredible animation shows just how big supermassive black holes can get
But these black holes are nothing compared to supermassive black holes, like Sagittarius A*, which …
Gene Kim,Jessica Orwig
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Stephen Hawking's daughter says her father would have been 'blown away' by the first ever image of a black hole
Stephen Hawking contributed revolutionary theories to the study of black holes. One of his most fam…
Beatrice Christofaro,Beatrice…
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The movie 'Interstellar' came out exactly 5 years ago. Since then, new discoveries have changed our understanding of black holes.
In the movie "Interstellar," a fictional black hole called Gargantua takes center stage. The film c…
Aylin Woodward
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The first 'groundbreaking' pictures of a black hole may be unveiled on Wednesday. Here's what scientists think those images will look like.
She added: "We can run very high resolution simulations that show a great level of detail, but I'm …