The hidden power of the smallest microquasars: Study finds evidence of particle acceleration
Our home planet is bombarded with particles from outer space all the time. And while we are mostly familiar with the rocky ...
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Supermassive black holes in 'little red dot' galaxies are 1,000 times larger than they should be, and astronomers don't know why
"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." ...
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A new kind of hidden black hole may explain the mystery of dark energy
Space-time may hide a bizarre new kind of black hole that causes Einstein’s theory of gravity to fail – and could solve the ...
A strange black hole is acting even stranger
A strange black hole is making scientists scratch their heads. The distant object, dubbed "1ES 1927+654" and packing the mass ...
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The 1st monster black hole ever imaged has messy eating habits
The first image of M87* — and humanity's first image of any black hole, for that matter — was taken by the EHT in 2017 and released to the public in 2019. It was notable for its bright golden ring, ...
Outbursts from black holes help them sustain themselves, Chandra study shows
Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their own meals ...
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Supermassive black hole spotted 12.9 billion light-years from Earth — and it's shooting a beam of energy right at us
The newly discovered "blazar," which has a mass equal to 700 million suns, is the oldest of its kind ever seen and changes ...
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Mysterious x-ray flashes are accelerating in a black hole
Astronomers detected X-ray flashes from the black hole that increased in frequency from one every 18 minutes to one every ...
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Astrophysicist explains why outer space isn’t just emptiness
Similarly, outer space is not completely empty ... the material falling into black holes, colliding galaxies and more. Space ...