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NASA’s Chandra Sees Surprisingly Strong Black Hole Jet at Cosmic “Noon”
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A black hole has blasted out a surprisingly powerful jet in the distant universe, according to a new study from…

Jun 9, 2025
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NASA’s IXPE Reveals X-ray-Generating Particles in Black Hole Jets
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Editor’s note: This article was updated June 2, 2025 to include the link to the scientific study published in Astrophysical Journal…

May 6, 2025
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Webb Reveals Rapid-Fire Light Show From Milky Way’s Central Black Hole
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The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way appears to be having a party, complete with a…

Feb 18, 2025
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Black Holes Can Cook for Themselves, Chandra Study Shows
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Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their…

Jan 27, 2025
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Newfound Galaxy Class May Indicate Early Black Hole Growth, Webb Finds
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In December 2022, less than six months after commencing science operations, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope revealed something never seen…

Jan 14, 2025
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Astronomers Catch Unprecedented Features at Brink of Active Black Hole
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International teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected features never…

Jan 13, 2025
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NASA Finds ‘Sideways’ Black Hole Using Legacy Data, New Techniques
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Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA researchers have discovered a perplexing case of a black hole that appears to be…

Dec 18, 2024
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The Mind-Bending Math Inside Black Holes
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Black holes are mysterious, far away, and can bend the fabric of reality itself—but we're learning more about them all…

Dec 17, 2024
NASA’s Swift Studies Gas-Churning Monster Black Holes
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Scientists using observations from NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from a pair…

Nov 13, 2024
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