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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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Hubble has found a black hole disk that should be non-existent
The disk is so close to black hole’s gravitational pull that even light is having a ha…
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Supermassive black holes gorge themselves on a different diet than we thought
Black holes usually sustain themselves by steadily gulping in hot gas, which spirals in slowly from…
Ali Sundermier
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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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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…
Aylin Woodward
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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…
Marianne Guenot
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Countless infinitesimal black holes may be flying through space like cosmic bullets
And those scientists who are seeking out ancient black holes, including Kashlinsky, think they're p…
Dave Mosher
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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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Gravitational waves were not the only first-ever finding today
"Having gravitational waves as a tool will enable us to study black holes, and black holes hold the…
Sean Kane
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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 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…
Ali Sundermier
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Astronomers found the closest black hole to Earth — and there could be millions more like it
Scientists usually find black holes by detecting X-rays they emit as they devour nearby stars. But …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists are getting ready to make a huge announcement that would uphold a 100-year-old prediction by Einstein - here's how to watch
The only catch about Einstein's theory is that it hasn't been directly confirmed, yet, because…
Jessica Orwig
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Astronomers Got Peeved When Someone Wrote A Paper Suggesting Black Holes Don't Exist
"In summary, the recent papers by Mersini-Houghton and Pfeiffer contribute to a discussion that is …
Jessica Orwig
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A Russian astronaut shared a video of the hole in the International Space Station to dispel rumors that they were plugging it with their fingers
Shortly after the leak was found, news outlets, including The Telegraph and MailOnline, reported th…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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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…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Black holes can produce light when they collide, new research shows — astronomers just saw the first-ever 'flare' from a spacetime-bending merger
Two black holes crashed together and merged within a disk of hot matter orbiting another larger bla…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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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…