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Latest News About Black Holes
A black hole is a location in space that possesses so much gravity, nothing can escape its pull, even light. Learn more about what black holes are and the latest news.
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Astronomers used Playstation 3 consoles to study black hole vibrations.
When a supermassive star dies, it's corpse collapses into a knot so tight not even light can escape. This drain on the fabric of the Universe warps the shape of space. And the flow of time.
VLT Adaptive Optics shows stellar nurseries, black hole at center of nearby galaxy.
Observations show black holes once more massive than galactic bulges, likely came first.
Discovery of proto-stars near galactic center show stars can form near black hole.
What's more than 100 times brighter than a supernova? Well, it's all in how you look at it. Astrophysicist Mike Shara helps us understand that what you see depends on where you are...
The material around black holes has a uniform shape.
Astronomer David Meier on the Universe's Most Extreme Sport
Scientists have imaged stars orbiting our galaxy's central black hole.
A black hole could explain the green cloud lurking around a nearby galaxy.
A new image shows Omega Centauri in all its splendor.
Bubbles of hot plasma can keep black-hole growth in check.
Two telescopes simultaneously capture flare-ups from Milky Way's supermassive black hole.
Hefty black holes could be lurking at the centers of most, if not all, galaxies.
Gamma-ray burst most distant object visible to naked eye, revises theory of formation.
The closest view yet of the heart of the Milky Way presents new evidence for a giant black hole there.
Scientists have discovered how the stars near the massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way could have formed.
Black holes appear to come only in small or large sizes.
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