These Black Holes Are So Ancient They Shouldn’t Even Exist
Ancient quasars seen by the James Webb Space Telescope technically shouldn’t exist, but one rare type of dark matter could ...
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Scientists discover black holes spinning unexpectedly fast: 'You’re essentially looking at its fossil record'
A new form of black hole archeology, linking spin to gas and dust, has revealed that these cosmic titans spin faster than ...
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Black holes could 'bend it like Beckham' to reveal hidden asymmetries of the universe
By observing tiny ripples in spacetime called "gravitational waves" that propagate away from colliding black holes, ...
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'Impossible' black holes detected by James Webb telescope may finally have an explanation — if this ultra-rare form of matter exists
Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal monster black holes in the early universe that seem to have grown too ...
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Astronomers catch black holes 'cooking' their own meals in bizarre, endless feeding cycle
Black holes can actively regulate the material they consume, using powerful jets of gas blasted into space, according to a ...
The secret recipe of black holes: Study finds they can 'cook' their own meals in space
Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...
James Webb telescope spots 'impossible' black holes, mystery tied to rare dark matter
Researchers propose a new physics model suggesting dark matter played a crucial role in the rapid formation of supermassive ...
Supercomputer simulations of giant radio galaxy formation challenge current theoretical models
Enabled by supercomputing, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have led an international team of astronomers that has ...
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Billions of Hidden Black Holes Could Be Lurking in Space
Artist's impression of a supermassive black hole surrounded by gas and dust in four different wavelengths of light. Visible ...
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Black holes seen 'cooking' their own food in fascinating discovery
New research shows black holes can trigger gas cooling, creating fuel for their own feeding. This process keeps them growing ...
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NASA X-ray telescope Chandra discovers black holes 'blow' on their food to cool it down
Jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward that cosmic titan in a cosmic feeding process.
NASA Unveils a Hidden Universe of Supermassive Black Holes
By combining data from NASA’s IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists have uncovered more hidden supermassive black holes than earlier estimates suggested. Their findings indicate that over a third of ...