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Astronomers find record-breaking pair of galaxy cores merging at Cosmic Dawn
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoDuring the Cosmic Dawn, astronomers expect to see more galaxy mergers in the young universe, but...
Massive black holes may eat differently in small galaxies than in large ones
Astronomy Magazine· 6 days agoIt’s well known that all massive galaxies like the Milky Way host supermassive black holes millions...
Scientists witness a dormant supermassive black hole roar to life
Reuters via AOL· 5 days agoAt the center of the Milky Way galaxy resides a supermassive black hole four million times the mass...
NASA’s Planet Hunter’s Rare Glimpse at Two Black Holes in a Faraway Galaxy
SciTechDaily· 17 hours agocenter of the distant galaxy OJ 287, first suggested by astronomers at the University of Turku, Finland. A new study shows that satellite observations conducted ...
Astronomers witness ‘sudden awakening’ of massive black hole in far-away galaxy
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 5 days agoMassive black holes exist at the centre of most galaxies and can have masses more than 100,000 times...
Astronomers witness ultrarare real-time formation of a supermassive black hole
TechSpot· 3 days agoMost galaxies, including the Milky Way, have supermassive black holes at their centers. Scientists have seen such black holes before and after they became active, but this ...
A black hole 1 million times our Sun awakened — and astronomers caught the whole thing in real time
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 days agoMost galaxies have a supermassive black hole in their center. Ours in the Milky Way is called...
A distant black hole reawakens, and astronomers watch it happen
Astronomy Magazine· 3 days agoSuddenly, a supermassive black hole inhabiting the center of a distant galaxy has come to life. The ...
A massive black hole may be 'waking up' in a nearby galaxy
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe center of a faraway galaxy in the constellation Virgo has kept brightening since late 2019,...
Magnetic vortices may help feed supermassive black holes. Here's how
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAn artist's impression of the spiraling magnetic wind around the supermassive black hole at the ...