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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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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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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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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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Astronomers just saw a monster black hole shoot a plasma bullet at 20% the speed of light
Years of observing black holes show many of them are shrouded with a shroud of glowing-hot plasma, …
Kelly Dickerson
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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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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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Supermassive black hole is tearing apart a star which got too close
TDEs occur when a supermassive black hole's forces are so strong that they overwhelm the star'…
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A stunning photo from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals 3 galaxies colliding
Galaxies merging together create starbursts and supermassive black hole collisions. The new James W…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A group of supermassive black holes is behaving very strangely - and it could shed light on the formation of the universe
The finding, which has never been predicted by cosmological theories, came as a surprise to the res…
Ali Sundermier
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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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Two massive bubbles stretch 700 light years above and below the center of the Milky Way
One of the largest features ever seen, has been spotted right at the center of our very own galaxy,…
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Astrophysicists Claim To Have Proven There Are No Such Things As Black Holes - Here's Why They're Wrong
One of the most difficult challenges of studying this giant star collapse is recreating the point w…
Jessica Orwig
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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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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…