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12 billion years of black hole history, revealed through X-rays and simulations
Space via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoThe accretion disk can grow so dense that friction between gas molecules causes...galaxy collisions....
5 space discoveries that scientists are struggling to explain
Live Science via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoFrom "runaway" black holes shooting across the cosmos to secret planets in our own backyard, space...
How are galaxies destroyed?
SPACE.com· 2 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· 23 hours agoAt the heart of the galaxy OJ 287 is a supermassive black hole, like almost every other galaxy, but...
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...
France and China to launch satellite to learn about black hole-creating stars - TWIRL #169
Neowin· 1 hour agoWe have several launches coming up this week including from SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and the China...
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...
'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...
Einstein's theory was wrong about black holes made out of light
New Scientist· 17 hours agoThe theory of relativity predicts black holes should be able to form from light alone, but...
NASA telescope spots 'cosmic fireworks' and faint echos from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole
SPACE.com· 2 days agoAstronomers have spotted flares and echos coming from the supermassive black hole at the heart of...