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“Flares” and “Echoes” – Unveiling the Monster Black Hole at Our Galaxy’s Core
SciTechDaily· 4 hours agoMichigan State University researchers have made important discoveries about the supermassive black ...
Hubble Telescope maps high-speed 'burps' from nearby feeding supermassive black hole for 1st time
SPACE.com· 2 days agoUsing the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have, for the first time ever, mapped the plasma...
12 billion years of black hole history, revealed through X-rays and simulations
Space via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOn the left, in blue, is an X-ray image of an accreting supermassive black hole (shown inset as...
Ancient “Monster” Black Holes Revealed: MIT Astronomers Capture Elusive Starlight From Early Quasars
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoMIT astronomers have observed the faint starlight surrounding some of the earliest quasars in the...
'Supercharged rhino' black holes may have formed and died a second after the Big Bang
Space via Yahoo News· 5 days agoTiny 'supercharged' black holes born just after the Big Bang may have been brief companions to...
Black hole "plasma fireballs" created on Earth
Newsweek· 1 day agoThis breakthrough could allow researchers to unravel the secrets of the bursts of gamma rays and powerful jets released by black holes around the...
How are galaxies destroyed?
SPACE.com· 10 hours agoAt the heart of almost every galaxy sits a supermassive black hole. In the case of the Milky Way, we have Sagittarius A*, a beast weighing more than 4.5...
Secondary Supermassive Black Hole In Exceptional Pair Observed Directly For First Time
IFLScience· 1 day agoAt the heart of the galaxy OJ 287 is a supermassive black hole, like almost every other galaxy, but...
5 space discoveries that scientists are struggling to explain
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFrom "runaway" black holes shooting across the cosmos to secret planets in our own backyard, space...
NASA telescope spots 'cosmic fireworks' and faint echos from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAn image of the heart of the Milky Way showing an X-ray flare. | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech...