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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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…
Black Holes or Frozen Stars? New Study Challenges Einstein’s Theory
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For decades, black holes have captivated the scientific world, presenting paradoxes that seem to challenge our understanding of the universe….
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…
Five Surprising Coincidences in Physics Revealed in Harvard’s Astrophysics Class
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The academic year has just started at Harvard University, and Professor Avi Loeb is teaching “Radiative Processes in Astrophysics.” This…
Unveiling Quantum Mysteries with the Black Hole Atom
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In the vast expanses of our universe, where the improbable becomes possible, mini black holes, reminiscent of kilometer-sized asteroids yet…
Scientists Confirm Most of the Universe Is Darkness—And Little Else
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The universe is overwhelmingly dark, with very little light. Thanks to NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, scientists have now made the…
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…
Black Hole “throws up” stellar remains 3 years after eating a star
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Four years ago, in October 2018, a small star came too close to a black hole located in a galaxy…
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….
Advanced Alien Civilizations Are Probably Using Black Holes As Energy Sources
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In 1969, the English physicist and mathematician Roger Penrose proposed a theory that described the process of extracting energy from…
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…
Spacefaring Aliens Could Use Black Holes to Travel Across the Universe
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Extremely advanced alien civilizations could have already developed a technology that would allow them to exploit black holes and use…
Scientist Who Won the Nobel Prize Suggests Other Universes Existed Before Ours
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Not so long ago, I finished reading Stephen Hawking’s book–his “final” book, called Brief Answers to the Big Questions. As…
Advanced Aliens Could Communicate Across the Universe Using “Neutrino Beams”
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If there are alien civilizations out there, some probably developed interstellar travel, allowing them to easily visit different solar systems….
Black Holes Across the Universe Could be Sending Matter into the Future
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Black Holes as Time Travel Tools: Astronomers Explore the Possibility of White Hole Transitions A recent discovery suggests that black…