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Monster black hole is a 'cosmic Michael Myers' killing a star and brutally attacking another
By Robert Lea published
NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has spotted the cosmic serial killer that, like Michael Myers, is back for a sequel, killing a star and attacking a second star with its remains.
Ancient supermassive black hole is blowing galaxy-killing wind, James Webb Space Telescope finds
By Robert Lea published
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the earliest supermassive black hole-driven quasar wind ever seen, pushing away matter at 6,000 times the speed of sound and killing its host galaxy.
Supermassive black hole jets mysteriously ignite nova explosions, Hubble Telescope finds
By Conor Feehly published
Hubble Space Telescope observations suggest supermassive black hole jets double the frequency of nova explosions. But how?
Did dark matter help black holes grow to monster sizes in the infant cosmos?
By Robert Lea published
Could dark matter decay have given massive clouds of hydrogen gas the time they needed to birth supermassive black holes seen by the James Webb Space Telescope?
How black-hole-powered quasars killed off neighboring galaxies in the early universe
By Robert Lea published
Using the Dark Energy Camera, astronomers discovered that black-hole-powered quasars in the early universe lived in dense neighborhoods, but were "bad neighbors."
'Missing link' black hole lurks in strange binary system with red giant star
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have discovered a "missing link:" a tiny black hole lurking with a red giant star in a strange and difficult-to-explain binary system.
1st results of XRISM X-ray space telescope reveal black hole and supernova secrets
By Robert Lea published
The first results from JAXA's XRISM X-ray telescope are out, and they reveal new features of the superheated gas around a distant supermassive black hole and a closer supernova.
Black hole blasts largest jet ever seen at 23 million light-years long
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have seen the largest jets ever found erupting from a black hole. The giant jet system Porphyrion is 23 million light-years long, equal to 140 side-by-side Milky Way galaxies.
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