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There might be a secret massive black hole in our galaxy that scientists didn’t know about till now!
We have found evidence for the second-biggest black hole in our Milky Way, challenging our understa…
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We've just discovered the most distant supermassive black hole ever. And boy, is it one massive infant!
Utilizing data from the James Webb Space Telescope, it was revealed that this black hole emerged ju…
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Fresh photographs of Milky Way’s black hole Sgr A* reveal strong, twisted magnetic field similar to M87*
The colossal black hole named Sagittarius A* resides at the heart of the Milky Way, approximately 2…
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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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Here’s what falling inside a black hole would look like, according to a NASA supercomputer simulation
Have you ever wondered what happens if you were to fall into a black hole? Thanks to cutting-edge v…
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After the Big Bang, universe is running 5x slower: Scientists crack the mystery using supermassive black holes
Scientists have for the first time observed the early universe running in extreme slow motion, unlo…
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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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A supermassive black hole is actually losing energy instead of gobbling it all up, new research shows
Scientists have long believed that magnetic fields could suck energy out of black holes, but they d…
Sonam Sheth
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A mysterious star from outside the Milky Way has somehow ended up near our galaxy's supermassive black hole
Star SO-6 is very close to Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. But it's …
Marianne Guenot
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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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Scientists capture first direct image of a supermassive black hole, 6.5 billion times the size of the sun, spewing out jets of plasma
Astronomers hope the discovery will help us understand exactly how these jets are created — s…
Marianne Guenot
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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 …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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The black hole at the center of the Milky Way is spinning so fast, it's squishing space-time down like a football
The black hole, Sagittarius A* is located 26,000 light-years away from Earth, at the center of the …
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics discover three supermassive black holes merging together
The rare occurrence in the nearby universe indicates that small merging groups are ideal laborat…
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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 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…
Jake Epstein,Morgan McFall-Jo…
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope broke its own record to discover the oldest black hole yet, but it has astronomers even more confused about the beginning of the universe
Webb spotted the oldest black hole ever discovered, breaking its own record. But the black hole is …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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 mysteriously burp up fragments of stars they destroyed years earlier, and scientists have no idea why
Up to half of black holes studied burped up star remnants years after tearing them apart. The resea…