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Massive sun-devouring black hole found 'hiding in plain sight,' astronomer say
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIt's 500 trillion times brighter than our sun and devours the equivalent of one every single day. In...
Astrophysicists Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 years agoScientists have discovered a relatively small black hole lurking next to a star in the constellation Ophiuchus, about 1,600 light-years away. It’s now...
Right again, Einstein! Scientists find where matter 'waterfalls' into black holes
Space via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoEinstein was right! Scientists found the first-ever evidence of "plunging regions" of spacetime...
A First-of-Its-Kind Dormant Black Hole Found Deep in Space
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoScientists have found their first dormant black hole outside the Milky Way. The pair of stars likely...
Unexpected black hole discovery is the most massive stellar object of its kind in our galaxy
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSystem with the most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy ESO/L. Calçada The biggest stellar...
Behold: The Oldest Black Hole Ever Found
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA team of researchers found a black hole from the early universe, prompting new questions as to how such ancient massive objects might form. The black...
Study finds our galaxy’s black hole is altering space-time. Here’s what that means.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoResearchers have found that the supermassive black hole in the center of our Milky Way galaxy, known...
New type of black hole found lurking in Earth's 'cosmic backyard' is closest ever discovered
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA multi-wavelength image of the stunning galazy Centaurus A, with twin lobes of purple light...
Massive Black Holes Littered the Early Universe, Simulation Suggests
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 12 months agoSince the gravitational waves predicted by Einstein were first detected in 2015, astrophysicists...
Astronomers have found an especially sneaky black hole – discovery sheds light on star death, black...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoVFTS 243 is a binary system of a large, hot blue star and a black hole orbiting each other, as seen...