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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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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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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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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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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 …

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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…

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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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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…

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Einstein's theory of general relativity just got 500 times harder to beat thanks to the first-ever black hole to be caught on camera

"Using the gauge we developed, we showed that the measured size of the black hole shadow in M8…

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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…

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The fastest-growing black hole in the universe eats one sun a day ⁠— doubling its diet from just a month ago

The black hole is 1.2 billion light-years away from Earth and 8,000 times bigger than the blac…

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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 …

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Supermassive black hole traps six galaxies in a 'spider web' that is 300 times bigger than the Milky Way

This is the first time that such a large number of galaxies have been spotted so close to …

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Colliding black holes the size of Lucknow merged to create light for the first time

A black hole merger between two partner black holes — with a combined mass of 150 suns but only as …

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Supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is beating faster than ever before

However, an increasing number of studies are pointing to the possibility that this may no long…

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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…

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