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Supermassive black hole’s mysterious hiccups' likely caused by neighboring black hole's 'punches'
By Robert Lea published
A black hole may be punching through the disk of gas and dust surrounding a supermassive black hole, causing its giant neighbor to "hiccup."
New view of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way hints at an exciting hidden feature (image)
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have for the first time imaged the powerful magnetic fields that dwell around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*.
'Quantum tornado' allows scientists to mimic a black hole on Earth
By Robert Lea published
Scientists created a giant vortex made of tiny quantum pieces to bring black hole physics down to Earth.
Scientists find black hole spaghettifying star remarkably close to Earth
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have discovered rather close evidence of a star being ripped apart and devoured by a supermassive black hole in a tidal disruption event.
This iPhone app can find the Milky Way's monster black hole from anywhere
By Samantha Mathewson published
A new iPhone app, built with ChatGPT, allows you to find the center of the Milky Way by simply using your smartphone.
Heaviest pair of black holes ever seen weighs 28 billion times more than the sun
By Robert Lea published
The discovery could explain why, although supermassive black hole mergers are predicted theoretically, they have never been observed in progress.
James Webb Space Telescope finds 'extremely red' supermassive black hole growing in the early universe
By Robert Lea published
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers discovered an "extremely red," growing supermassive black hole powering a quasar that existed 700 million years after the Big Bang.
Black hole's powerful eruption creates a string of stellar jewelry
By Robert Lea published
A powerful jet erupting from a distant supermassive black hole released 100,000 trillion times more energy than the sun will over its entire life, forging a chain of star clusters.
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