Black holes are spinning faster than expected, researchers find
There's a universe full of black holes out there, spinning merrily away—some fast, others more slowly. A recent survey of ...
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Astronomers find hundreds of 'hidden' black holes — and there may be billions or even trillions more
Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...
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Gravitational waves offer a 'cosmic DNA test' for black holes
The size and spin of black holes can reveal how and where they were born, and gravitational waves offer a way to decode this ...
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Feeding supermassive black holes may have ended the cosmic 'dark ages' billions of years ago
"Finding more supermassive black holes that are potentially hosting jets raises the question as to how these black holes grew ...
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James Webb Space Telescope sees little red dots feeding black holes: 'This is how you solve a universe-breaking problem'
"This is how you solve the universe-breaking problem." ...
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James Webb telescope captures 1st 'mid-infrared' flare from Milky Way's supermassive black hole
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in ...
Supermassive Black Hole Caught Doing Something Never Seen Before
Sgr A*, at the heart of the Milky Way and clocking in at 4.3 million solar masses, is the closest supermassive black hole we have access to. It's also on the quiescent end of the activity scale, which ...
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Milky Way's Massive Black Hole Spaghettified Filament Of Gas
A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...
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Early Universe Black Hole Devoured Matter At Astonishing Rate
U.S. National Science Foundation NOIRLab astronomers, using data from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray ...
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New research suggests more supermassive black holes than we ever knew
Researchers have found there are many more black holes in the universe than once thought. (Credit: WikiMedia Commons) Most ...
Mysterious Pulsing X-Rays From a Nearby Black Hole Baffle Astronomers
MIT astronomers have been captivated by the strange behaviors of a supermassive black located 270 million light-years away, ...
How Many Black Holes Are Hiding in Space? NASA Knows
NASA’s study uncovers that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden by gas and dust, reshaping our understanding of galaxy ...