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Quartz· 1 day agoAll black holes have spin, which they develop through their interactions with other matter in space. When black holes grow by accreting matter, they can spin to greater speeds; when they grow ...
How 2 quasars at the dawn of time could be a Rosetta stone for the early universe
SPACE.com· 1 day agoQuasars are rapidly growing supermassive black holes in the cores of hyperactive galaxies. Torrents...
12 billion years of black hole history, revealed through X-rays and simulations
Space via Yahoo News· 5 days ago"To address that, we need to track the overall growth history of these supermassive black holes." As...
At the heart of this distant galaxy lies not 1, but 2 jet-blasting black holes
Space via Yahoo News· 3 days agoHurt (IPAC) and M. Mugrauer (AIU Jena) A binary black hole system in an active galaxy about 4...
Massive black holes may eat differently in small galaxies than in large ones
Astronomy Magazine· 2 days agoIt’s well known that all massive galaxies like the Milky Way host supermassive black holes millions...
NASA telescope spots 'cosmic fireworks' and faint echos from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThose stars get shredded by the immense gravitational influence of the black hole before becoming...
Secondary Supermassive Black Hole In Exceptional Pair Observed Directly For First Time
IFLScience· 5 days agoAt the heart of the galaxy OJ 287 is a supermassive black hole, like almost every other galaxy, but...
Scientists witness a dormant supermassive black hole roar to life
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAt the center of the Milky Way galaxy resides a supermassive black hole four million times the mass...
Supermassive black hole roars to life as astronomers watch in real time
Ars Technica· 1 day agoIn December 2019, astronomers were surprised to observe a long-quiet galaxy, 300 million light-years...
Black holes formed quasars less than a billion years after Big Bang
Ars Technica· 2 days agoSupermassive black holes appear to be present at the center of every galaxy, going back to some of...