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Webb spots 'Infinity Galaxy' that sheds light on black hole formation
Discoveries keep pouring out of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Researchers observed an unusual cluster, which they ...
To 'infinity' and beyond: Direct evidence of black hole birth found in galaxy named 'Infinity'
Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and a team of researchers have discovered an object in space they call the "Infinity" ...
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The biggest black hole smashup ever detected challenges physics theories
Gravitational waves spotted by LIGO reveal two black holes, 140 and 100 times the mass of the sun, merged to become a 225 solar mass behemoth.
What's at the center of a black hole? Scientists have a sobering answer.
But in the past two decades, new types of black holes have been seen and astronomers are beginning to understand how they ...
Sharper gravitational-wave analysis promises clearer insights into black hole collisions
A new method to analyze gravitational-wave data could transform how we study some of the universe's most extreme events—black ...
Black Hole Jet Runs Into 'Unidentified Object' In Chandra X-Ray Telescope Observations
A black hole jet from the Centaurus A galaxy is "hitting something along its path," that is baffling astronomers. The Chandra ...
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Black Hole or Vampire Star?
In 2020, astronomers identified a nearby star system that appeared to contain something phenomenal: the closest black hole to ...
Primordial black hole flybys could alter exoplanet orbits
Though our solar system and the movement of its planets appear relatively sedate, there are many things that could upset the ...