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Black Holes in the Milky Way: The Complete List
The Milky Way holds a surprising variety of compact objects, and cataloging them helps us understand how stars live and…
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Supermassive black holes in all galaxies? Maybe not
View larger. | In recent decades, we’ve come to understand most large galaxies as having central supermassive black holes. Our…
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New Discovery Shows Black Hole Twisting the Universe
Astronomers have made the first direct observation of a spinning black hole twisting the very fabric of spacetime, a phenomenon…
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Bright blue cosmic outbursts linked to black holes
In 2024, astronomers discovered the brightest Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (LFBOT) ever observed. LFBOTs are extremely bright flashes of…
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A high-altitude telescope just changed what we know about black holes
An international group of physicists, including scientists from Washington University in St. Louis, has gathered new measurements that shed light…
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Something fundamental about black holes may be changing
An international group of astronomers has uncovered strong evidence suggesting that the material surrounding supermassive black holes has not remained…
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A strange star near a black hole is defying expectations
Astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have pieced together the dramatic history of a distant red…
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Astronomers Capture First Triple Supermassive Black Hole System in Action
In a remarkable breakthrough, astronomers have uncovered the first known triple system where three galaxies, each harboring an active, radio-bright…
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This simulation reveals what really happens near black holes
After decades of steady progress, computational astrophysicists have reached a major turning point in black hole research. A new study…
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Astronomers just watched a black hole twist spacetime
The universe has delivered a rare breakthrough for researchers chasing one of the hardest effects to catch in the night…
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