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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 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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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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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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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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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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Supermassive black hole is eating meals worth four Moons thrice a day
In fact, the phenomenon was so unprecedented that scientists had to coin a new phrase for it —…
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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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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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Supermassive black holes are hiding from astronomers in graveyards of dead stars
"These clouds are traveling so fast that they reach 'escape velocity' and are jettisoned in a cone-…
Dave Mosher
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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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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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The supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy suddenly lit up brighter than scientists had ever seen, and nobody knows why
In black holes, matter gets packed into a tiny space, giving them extremely powerful gravity - Sgr …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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 …