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Supermassive Black Hole Heading Towards The Milky Way Galaxy
The strange behavior of hypervelocity stars suggests a nearby dwarf galaxy must contain a supermassive black hole. If so, a ...
There could be a supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud hurling stars at the Milky Way
Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.
Runaway planet found orbiting ultra-fast star for first time – it’s flying through Milky Way 4X faster than lightning
ASTRONOMERS may have just found the fastest exoplanet system in the galaxy – a super-Neptune world orbiting a hypervelocity ...
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Milky Way's Enormous Black Hole
Sagittarius A* has been seen by human eyes with an "image produced by a global research team called the Event Horizon ...
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The Black Hole That Could Swallow Our Galaxy
The Enigmatic Giants of the Universe Black holes, those mysterious entities lurking in the vastness of space, have always captivated the imagination of astronomers and poets alike. Their very ...
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A Black Hole May Be Firing Fast Stars At Us From The Large Magellanic Cloud
Some fast-moving stars within the Milky Way have been traced back to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). In a preprint paper ...
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The 13 Biggest Mysteries About Black Holes Science Still Can't Explain
Space is already filled with plenty of mysteries, and black holes may be among the strangest. Here are some of the questions ...
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Scientists discover largest black hole jet ever seen in the early universe — its twice as long as our galaxy
Using the Gemini North telescope, astronomers have detected the largest black hole jet ever seen in the early universe. It's ...