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Astronomers catch supermassive black hole in the act of 'waking up'
Astronomers using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) and the Very Large Array (VLA) have caught a supermassive black hole in ...
One of the most massive black holes was discovered. It's 35 billion times the size of our sun
Astronomers have used a new method to weigh the ultramassive black hole. They hope this will help them better understand how ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN3d
Could We Send a Superlight Spacecraft to a Theoretical Nearby Black Hole?
An astrophysicist argues that the interstellar mission would be extremely challenging but not completely unrealistic ...
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Star survives black hole and comes back for more
This is the first confirmed case of a star that survived an encounter with a supermassive black hole and came back for more.
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The First Milky Way Black Hole Image Lets Scientists Test Physics
It wasn’t the first picture of a black hole this collaboration had captured—that was the iconic image of M87*, which they revealed in April 2019. But it was the one they wanted most.
Discover Magazine on MSN15h
Interstellar Mission to a Black Hole Could Be Possible in 20 to 30 Years
Learn more about the discovery of a nearby black hole that we could be exploring in the coming decades.
Jobs freeze at council with £28m budget black hole
Sheffield Council is to freeze recruitment for six months as it grapples with a budget gap of more than £28m. The authority ...
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'Ice cube' clouds discovered at the galaxy's center shouldn't exist — and they hint at a recent black hole explosion
Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the "Fermi bubbles" contain inexplicable clouds of cold ...