Black holes cook their own meals, according to NASA’s Chandra X-ray study; here’s how
Scientists have found that supermassive black holes self-grow by regulating the cooling of surrounding hot gas, forming warm ...
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Scientists detect mid-infrared flare from Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
Known as Sgr A* – pronounced “Sagittarius A star” – the supermassive black hole is four million times the mass of the sun and is known to exhibit flares that can be observed in multiple wavelengths, ...
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Why This Weird Object Being Dragged into the Center of Our Galaxy Is Confusing Scientists
An elongated object near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, known only as ‘X7,’ has piqued the ...
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Mid-Infrared Flare Spotted From Milky Way's Black Hole
A team of scientists including the University of Toronto's Bart Ripperda and Braden Gail - assistant professor and graduate student, respectively, at ...
Astronomers Capture Supermassive Black Hole Plasma Jets at Birth
Plasma jets erupting from a supermassive black hole in galaxy 1ES 1927+654 provide new insights into jet formation.
M87 Black Hole: Turbulent Plasma Dynamics and Feeding Process Revealed
The M87* black hole exhibits chaotic gas flow and plasma ring dynamics, offering new insights into black hole physics.
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"We Are About To Learn Something New": Mystery Of "Little Red Dot" Galaxies Grows Weirder
A new preprint study has taken a closer look at the "universe-breaking" Little Red Dot galaxies discovered in the early ...
New NASA study shows how black holes can ‘create their own meals’
Astronomers have made a significant breakthrough, showing that the universe's most massive black holes can create their own meals, NASA announced on Monday. Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory ...
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First-Ever Photographed Black Hole Shows Dramatic Changes In Follow-Up Observations
The image of M87*, the supermassive black hole at the center of massive elliptical galaxy M87, changed the world. It was the ...
Scientists Say One Type of Dark Matter Could Break the Universe As We Know It
The majority of our evidence for dark matter’s existence comes from observing visible (or baryonic) matter that does not ...
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Lycoming College celebrates Detwiler Planetarium grand reopening with “Supermassive Black Holes”
Lycoming College invites the Williamsport community and surrounding areas to enjoy a free show in its Detwiler Planetarium on ...