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'Supercharged rhino' black holes may have formed and died a second after the Big Bang
SPACE.com· 5 days agoTiny primordial black holes created during the first fraction of a second after the Big Bang may...
12 billion years of black hole history, revealed through X-rays and simulations
Space via Yahoo News· 20 hours 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...
Black hole "plasma fireballs" created on Earth
Newsweek· 21 hours agoThis breakthrough could allow researchers to unravel the secrets of the bursts of gamma rays and powerful jets released by black holes around the...
Hubble Telescope maps high-speed 'burps' from nearby feeding supermassive black hole for 1st time
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHubble has mapped the outflow "burps" of a nearby feeding supermassive black hole-powered quasar for...
5 space discoveries that scientists are struggling to explain
Live Science via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoFrom "runaway" black holes shooting across the cosmos to secret planets in our own backyard, space...
How are galaxies destroyed?
SPACE.com· 4 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...
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...
Einstein's theory was wrong about black holes made out of light
New Scientist· 18 hours agoThe theory of relativity predicts black holes should be able to form from light alone, but...
Supermassive black hole's "wind" shapes surrounding galaxy
Newsweek· 3 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 ...
