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Astronomers Witness Awakening Of Supermassive Black Hole In Distant Galaxy

A supermassive black hole in galaxy SDSS1335+0728 is unexpectedly active, emitting various types of light, providing insights into black hole behavior and ...

Baby stars that defy explanation are 'swarming like bees' around Milky Way's supermassive black hole

A new analysis of inexplicably young stars orbiting extremely close to the Milky Way's black hole heart reveals that they orbit around the gigantic structure in a surprisingly organized way, similar to swarming insects like bees.

LiveScience · Jun 19, 2024

A massive black hole may be 'waking up' in a nearby galaxy

Astronomers have, for the first time, spotted a black hole in a nearby galaxy waking up from a deep slumber.

Space · Jun 19, 2024

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How 2 quasars at the dawn of time could be a Rosetta stone for the early universe

The two active supermassive black holes are the most distant pair of quasars ever seen and shed more light on how the universe transformed into what it is today.

Space · Jun 18, 2024

Astronomers detect sudden awakening of black hole 1m times mass of sun

Mysterious brightening of distant galaxy believed to be caused by material falling into huge black hole

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2024

Something 'kicked' this hypervelocity star racing through the Milky Way at 1.3 million miles per hour (video)

A low-mass star races through the Milky Way at over a million miles per hour, a journey that began with either the supernova explosion of a vampire star or an encounter with black holes.

Space · Jun 17, 2024

At the heart of this distant galaxy lies not 1, but 2 jet-blasting black holes

The two black holes at the heart of the galaxy OJ 287 are true behemoths with masses of 18.35 billion and 150 million times the mass of our Sun.

Space · Jun 17, 2024

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How are galaxies destroyed?

Eventually, all galaxies, including our own Milky Way, will meet their end. But how do galaxies die? If you're in the mood to destroy an entire galaxy, you have several options, depending on your desired level of destructiveness.

Space · Jun 15, 2024

12 billion years of black hole history, revealed through X-rays and simulations

New findings show the black hole at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy had a late growth spurt.

Space · Jun 14, 2024

5 space discoveries that scientists are struggling to explain

From "runaway" black holes shooting across the cosmos to secret planets in our own backyard, space is overrun with mysterious objects that scientists are clamoring to explain. Here are five of the strangest sights in the universe, as well as their possible origins.

LiveScience · Jun 14, 2024

8 strange objects that could be hiding in the outer solar system

The outer solar system is a vast and mysterious place that could be harboring hidden objects we know almost nothing about — from the elusive Planet Nine and baby black holes to interstellar visitors and "planet killer" asteroids.

LiveScience · Jun 14, 2024

NASA telescope spots 'cosmic fireworks' and faint echos from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole

NASA's NuSTAR telescope found evidence of cosmic fireworks and X-ray echoes coming from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*.

Space · Jun 13, 2024

Hubble Telescope maps high-speed 'burps' from nearby feeding supermassive black hole for 1st time

Hubble has mapped the outflow "burps" of a nearby feeding supermassive black hole-powered quasar for the first time, measuring speeds of 6.5 million mph, around 8,500 times the speed of sound.

Space · Jun 13, 2024

“The supermassive black hole renders our experience terminally irrelevant… we need to be more light-hearted about stuff”: Prog’s Best New Band EBB are guided by the galaxy

Reader award winners explain the motivation for latest release The Management Of Consequences, and their ambitions for expanding their already impressive live show

Louder · Jun 12, 2024

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Space · Jun 10, 2024

'Supercharged rhino' black holes may have formed and died a second after the Big Bang

Tiny 'supercharged' black holes born just after the Big Bang may have been brief companions to primordial black holes, dying before the universe was a second old.

LiveScience · Jun 5, 2024

Black hole 'morsels' could finally prove Stephen Hawking's famous theory right

Stephen Hawking suggested nothing lasts forever, including black holes. Scientists may have a way to prove it at last.

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2024

Treasury rubbishes Rishi Sunak’s £2,000 tax hike election TV debate claim

In a humiliating moment in the election for the prime minister, a scathing letter from top Treasury officials revealed that the figures relied on by Mr Sunak were nothing to do with the civil service

Inverse · Jun 3, 2024

'Helldivers 2' Just Spawned A Black Hole, and Players Already Have Wild Theories About It

The valiant 'Helldivers 2' community spent the weekend snuffing out the supercolony of Terminids that overtook the remote planet of Meridia. The victory has been immortalized with the creation of a Black Hole in distant space, an anomaly that is most definitely a good thing for the continued fight for…

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GamesRadar · Jun 3, 2024

Helldivers 2 leaders respond to the black hole, insist it's "a symbol of justice on a galactic scale," announce more Termicide on the way because nothing bad happened last time

Termicide 2.0? Sure

PC Gamer · Jun 3, 2024

Helldivers 2 players save democracy by turning a planet into an ominous black hole that makes whale noises: Which is fine and normal and not a wormhole to the Illuminate, stop asking

We did it, Patrick! We saved Liberty!

GamesRadar · Jun 3, 2024

Helldivers 2 players clear their latest Major Order in style, collapsing an entire planet into a newly formed black hole that definitely isn't going to become a problem sometime soon

Meridia has been successfully spaghettified

Space · Jun 3, 2024

Could these black hole 'morsels' finally prove Stephen Hawking's famous theory?

Stephen Hawking suggested black holes "leak " and evaporate away — scientists could use "morsels" launched from catastrophic black hole collisions to prove it.

Space · May 30, 2024

Elusive medium-size black holes may form in dense 'birthing nests'

A new simulation has shown elusive intermediate-mass black holes may form in dense globular clusters of millions of tightly packed stars, thanks to a chaotic collision chain.

LiveScience · May 30, 2024

Scientists may have finally solved the problem of the universe’s 'missing' black holes

Primordial black holes are one of the strongest candidates for the universe's missing dark matter. But a new theory suggests that not enough of the miniature black holes formed for this to be the case.

Space · May 30, 2024

If the Big Bang created miniature black holes, where are they?

Primordial black holes born from density fluctuations dating back to the Big Bang have been frustratingly elusive, but a new quantum clue has been discovered.

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