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Supermassive Black Holes

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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…

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Black Hole Destroys Star, Goes After Another, NASA Missions Find
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NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have identified a supermassive black hole that has torn apart one star and…

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Hubble Black Holes
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How do you find an invisible object in the vast darkness of space that traps light? The answer, as astronomers…

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NASA Telescopes Work Out Black Hole’s Snack Schedule
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By using new data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory as well as ESA’s XMM-Newton, a…

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