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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.
A 'primordial' black hole may zoom through our solar system every decade
By Charles Q. Choi published
"If there are lots of black holes out there, some of them must surely pass through our backyard every now and then."
James Webb Space Telescope witnesses a black hole 'killing' its galaxy (photo)
By Robert Lea published
Using the James Webb Space Telescope astronomers have observed a supermassive black hole "killing" its galaxy by starving it of the material needed to birth new stars.
These 2 monster black holes may be the closest pair ever discovered in visible and X-ray light (video)
By Robert Lea published
The tag team of NASA space telescopes Hubble and Chandra has demonstrated that two is definitely better than one when it comes to pairings of supermassive black holes and hunting for them.
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