How One Black Hole’s Destruction of a Star Set the Stage for a New Celestial Mystery
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In a spectacular display of cosmic forces, a supermassive black hole that devoured a nearby star has now set its…
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The Early Universe Holds Far More Black Holes Than We Ever Expected
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In the vast expanse of the early universe, black holes—some of the most mysterious and powerful objects—are now proving to…
Scientists Just Discovered How Black Hole Spin Alters Ultraluminous Accretion Disks in a Way We Never Expected
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If you were to ask me what my favorite object in the universe is, I would probably say black holes….
Supermassive Black Hole Jet Ignites Explosive Star Eruptions
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Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have stumbled upon an unexpected cosmic interaction in the galaxy M87. A powerful jet…
Is Our Solar System at Risk of Being Consumed by the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole?
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The universe is filled with mysteries, and among the most captivating are black holes. These enigmatic entities push the boundaries…
Insights into Supernova Explosions and Black Holes
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The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), launched last year, has already produced remarkable scientific results that could reshape our…
Astronomers Unveil Record-Breaking Black Hole Jets Stretching Across the Cosmos
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“This pair of jets is massive—not just in terms of a galaxy or a solar system—but 140 times the diameter…
Exploring the Universe’s Earliest Black Hole Mergers through Future Gravitational Wave Observatories
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The discovery of gravitational waves marked a turning point in astronomy, allowing us to detect and observe the most extreme…
Could Primordial Black Holes Be Hiding in Our Solar System?
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Black holes have long fascinated astronomers, with three distinct types observed across the universe. Stellar-mass black holes emerge from the…
Black Hole ‘Starving’ Its Host Galaxy of Star-Forming Fuel, Say Astronomers
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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made a groundbreaking discovery, confirming that supermassive black holes can cut off…
Scientists Recreate Black Hole’s Powerful Particle Jets in Groundbreaking Lab Experiment
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For the first time, scientists have simulated the immense particle jets spewed by supermassive black holes using a laboratory-based experiment…
Advanced Extraterrestrials Probably Use “Miniature Black Holes” As Quantum Computers
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Scientists believe that quantum mechanics will help humankind take the next step into the future. But they also believe that…
10 Curiosities About the Historic Black Hole Photographs
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Half a century ago, astronomers first hypothesized that there is a supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy….
Groundbreaking Achievement: Astronomers Photograph Our Galaxy’s Black Hole
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What is the Event Horizon Telescope? The EHT (Event Horizon Telescope) is a global ultra-long baseline radio interferometer operating at…
A Supermassive Black Hole Has Seemingly Disappeared Baffling Experts
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Yes, you read that correctly – scientists confirmed that a black hole is missing. And more curiously, not any black…
So, What Would A Camera Show If It Fell Into A Black Hole?
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Hypothetically, what would we see if we launched a probe with a camera toward a black hole that would transmit…
This Video Shows the Behemoth Size of Black Holes in the Universe
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The fact that the black holes do not allow the light to come out makes them difficult to observe. Scientists…
The Milky Way’s Black Hole Ejected a Star Towards Intergalactic Space at 6 Million km/h
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During a time when humankind’s ancestors were learning to walk upright, use their hands, and create the first primitive tools,…
Something Escaped a Distant Black Hole at Nearly the Speed of Light and NASA Observed It
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10,000 light-years away, there’s a black hole and a companion star. Together, these two comic objects are from the so-called…
An Object of Astronomical Proportions is Punching Holes in our Galaxy
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There is a “dark object” blasting massive holes in our galaxy. We can not see it, and it may not…
The First Image of a Black Hole is Here, But You Can’t Appreciate How Big it Is Until You See This
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Now that history has been rewritten and we’ve all seen the very first direct image of a Black Hole located…
Webb Telescope Offers a Stunning Glimpse Into Galactic Collisions
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The James Webb Space Telescope has once again provided an incredible window into the universe, this time capturing the interaction…