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Learn how a shredded star triggered a black hole jet that evolved into a years-long energy surge that continues to intensify.
A black hole at the centre of a galaxy 665 million light years away is continuing to emit a jet of matter six years after ...
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NASA compares the universe's biggest black holes with "each other and to our solar system," in this Goddard Space Flight Center animation. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image L ...
Astronomers propose that an ultra-dense clump of exotic dark matter could be masquerading as the powerful object thought to ...
At the center of our galaxy, something incredibly heavy is pulling the strings. Stars ...
Confirming a pulsar star would enable unprecedented tests of General Relativity. Such a discovery would revolutionize physics ...
Scientists are closely observing a supermassive black hole within a distant galaxy that is displaying remarkably intense and ...
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Scientists are observing the behavior of a supermassive black hole that is ...