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The top 7 black hole discoveries from 2024

2024 was a big year for black hole science, and Space.com was on duty all year to bring you every major development in our understanding of the universe's most fascinating entities.

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James Webb telescope spies stunning 'Firefly Sparkle' galaxy — a baby clone of the Milky Way being 'assembled brick by brick' in the early universe

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of a baby, Milky Way-like galaxy that formed more than 13 billion years ago. This "Firefly Sparkle" galaxy could reveal how our own galaxy evolved.

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Astronomers’ world-first discovery: twin stars trapped in galactic black hole orbit

At the centre of the Milky Way is a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*. It is roughly 27,000 light years from Earth and 23.5 million kilometres in diameter.

The Conversation

Rare Discovery: Twin Stars Near Milky Way's Black Hole

Discover the intriguing celestial phenomenon of twin stars orbiting near the supermassive black hole in the Milky Way, challenging scientific understanding.

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Astronomers discover 1st binary stars orbiting supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way

Astronomers have used the Very Large Telescope to discover the first binary stars around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way.

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The Dark Energy Camera captures new image of one of the most prominent spiral galaxies in incredible detail

Messier 83 was discovered in 1752, but it wasn't realized that it's actually a galaxy outside the Milky Way until Edwin Hubble

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Watch the sun rise on SpaceX's Crew Dragon as the Milky Way fades into darkness in mesmerizing ISS video

A new video from the International Space Station shows SpaceX's Crew Dragon alongside the Milky Way, as the bright sun rises on the spacecraft's face.

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James Webb Space Telescope smashes its own record to find the earliest galaxies that ever existed

James Webb Space Telescope image of the stellar nursery N79 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

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Mysterious, record-breaking energy burst connected to dead star and red dwarf

Astronomers have tracked a mysterious, record-breaking blast of energy to a binary star system containing a red dwarf star and a white dwarf — solving a two-decade-long puzzle.

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Dead stars within supernova explosions could solve the dark matter mystery in 10 seconds

If astronomers could catch bursts of gamma rays from supernova explosions that create neutron stars near the Milky Way, the mystery of dark matter could be wrapped up in 10 seconds.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope explores monster star supercluster Westerlund 1 (image)

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a detailed look at the Milky Way's monstrous young supercluster Westerlund 1.

Space

'Behemoth star' captured in spectacular close-up image — and it's on the brink of exploding

Astronomers have taken a superdetailed, zoomed-in photo of the Large Magellanic Cloud's "behemoth star." The stunning image, which is the first of its kind from outside the Milky Way, shows that the giant star is right on the edge of going supernova.

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The First 'Zoomed-in' Image Of A Star Outside Our Galaxy

Scientists said Thursday they have taken the first ever close-up image of a star outside of the Milky Way, capturing a blurry shot of a dying behemoth 2,000 times bigger than the Sun.

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Star imaged in detail outside the Milky Way for the 1st time (image, video)

Astronomers have captured the first zoomed-in image of a star beyond the Milky Way. The historic image reveals a dying behemoth star wrapped in a death shroud of gas about to explode.

The Conversation

It’s 100 years since we learned the Milky Way is not the only galaxy

On Sunday November 23 1924, 100 years ago this month, readers perusing page six of the New York Times would have found an intriguing article, amid several large adverts for fur coats. The headline read: Finds Spiral Nebulae are Stellar Systems: “Dr Hubbell Confirms View That They Are ‘Island Universes’;…

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Hubble Telescope witnesses Milky Way strip its galactic neighbor of gas

The Hubble Space Telescope may have captured our Milky Way galaxy being a bit of a bully.

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How many galaxies orbit the Milky Way?

The number of known galaxies circling the Milky Way is increasing as we develop new powerful telescopes.

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1st image of Milky Way's 'black hole heart' has errors, study claims

The image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope.

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1st image of our Milky Way's black hole may be inaccurate, scientists say

The famous doughnut-shaped image of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole may not be fully accurate, an independent analysis of EHT data suggests.

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James Webb telescope finds 1st possible 'failed stars' beyond the Milky Way — and they could reveal new secrets of the early universe

The James Webb Space Telescope may have found dozens of elusive brown dwarfs — strange objects larger than planets but smaller than stars — beyond the Milky Way for the first time ever.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope finds 1st 'failed star' candidates beyond the Milky Way

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have potentially discovered the first brown dwarfs beyond the borders of the Milky Way galaxy.

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How does the Cosmic Web connect Taylor Swift and the last line of your 'celestial address?'

A map of gravity wells or "basins of attraction" in the local universe may resemble a Taylor Swift outfit, but they define the largest structure in the universe, the last line of your cosmic address.

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Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope spots the ultimate 'super star cluster' deep in the Milky Way

Once blocked from view, the most massive young star cluster in the Milky Way has finally been revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope.

LiveScience

The Milky Way could be part of a much larger 'cosmic neighborhood' than we realized, challenging our understanding of the universe

A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is likely part of an even larger "basin of attraction" than we previously assumed.

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