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Astronomers just witnessed a whole galaxy 'turn on the lights' in real-time
Mashable· 4 hours agoScientists for years thought the galaxy SDSS1335+0728 was about as remarkable as its serial code...
How 2 quasars at the dawn of time could be a Rosetta stone for the early universe
SPACE.com· 1 hour agoQuasars are rapidly growing supermassive black holes in the cores of hyperactive galaxies. Torrents...
Supermassive Black Hole Seen Waking Up In Real Time In World First
IFLScience· 4 hours agoAstronomers have witnessed a supermassive black hole turning itself on. The object sits at the...
Hubble Telescope maps high-speed 'burps' from nearby feeding supermassive black hole for 1st time
SPACE.com· 5 days agoWhile supermassive black holes with masses millions or billions of times that of the sun are thought...
Black hole observed 'awakening' for the first time
AFP via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoAstronomers have been able to observe a supermassive black hole waking up and setting the heart of its host galaxy alight for the first time, the...
At the heart of this distant galaxy lies not 1, but 2 jet-blasting black holes
Space via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThis activity is the product of a supermassive black hole hungrily consuming matter, so much matter,...
NASA telescope spots 'cosmic fireworks' and faint echos from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole
Space via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe light echoing from the Bridge took hundreds of years to travel to it from Sgr...X-ray echo, Uteg...
Supermassive black hole's "wind" shapes surrounding galaxy
Newsweek· 6 days agoAccelerating "wind" from black holes may help shape the galaxies surrounding them, a new study suggests. A team of astronomers, including from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University ...
Secondary Supermassive Black Hole In Exceptional Pair Observed Directly For First Time
IFLScience· 4 days agoAt the heart of the galaxy OJ 287 is a supermassive black hole, like almost every other galaxy, but...
NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope captures closest super star cluster to Earth (image)
SPACE.com· 5 days agoNASA's Chandra X-ray telescope has imaged a star cluster that is "super" in every way. Westerlund 1...