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This Space Picture Changes Our Understanding Of How Black Holes Form
The ring of hot dust that wraps itself around the center of the black hole is drawn in from surroun…
Dina Spector
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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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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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An 'ultramassive' black hole has been discovered that's 33 billion times the mass of the sun
Scientists at Durham University in the UK used the way gravity bends light at great distances to pi…
Marianne Guenot
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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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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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We just got the first-ever photograph of a black hole 3 million times the size of earth. Some people think it looks like a 'smudge on the lens.'
Researchers from 40 nations spent around 13 years capturing the image of the black hole, which is 6…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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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 …
Dave Mosher
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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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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 crazy new theory solves an age-old mystery by explaining what happens if you touch a black hole
Some of what falls in gets spit back out while the rest is trapped inside of the black hole, where …
Jessica Orwig
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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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Scientists might reveal the first photo of our galaxy's central black hole on Thursday. Watch their announcement live.
Seven research institutions are holding simultaneous press conferences to announce what's being bil…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists are baffled by a small cloud that survived an encounter with a supermassive black hole
Not only did G2 survive, it got a nice boost in speed and is now moving away from the black hole at…
Jessica Orwig
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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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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…