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NASA's Chandra spacecraft spots supermassive black hole erupting in the Milky Way's heart
By Robert Lea published
NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has spotted the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy erupting, proving even quiet black holes like Sagittarius A* need to vent sometimes.
Cracking! Some binary black holes may roll around each other in egg-shaped orbits
By Robert Lea published
Some black hole pairs roll around each other in wobbly, egg-shaped orbits that could hold clues about their origins, gravitational wave measurements suggest.
NASA's Roman Space Telescope will hunt for the universe's 1st stars — or their shredded corpses, anyway
By Robert Lea published
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will hunt for the universe's first stars — or rather, what's left of them after they've been ripped apart by black holes.
Our neighboring galaxy's supermassive black hole would probably be a polite dinner guest
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Astronomers find multiple streams of dust spiraling into the heart of the nearby Andromeda galaxy, where a supermassive black hole lurks.
Scientists use XRISM spacecraft to predict fate of matter around monster supermassive black hole
By Robert Lea published
The spacecraft XRISM has examined light from a distant galaxy that houses a supermassive black hole to determine the fate of matter in the void's gravitational thrall.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will hunt for tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang
By Robert Lea published
Primordial black holes left over from the Big Bang and no wider than a dime could be a prime target for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope after it launches in 2026.
Fall into a black hole in mind-bending NASA animation (video)
By Robert Lea published
Black hole week is on, and to celebrate NASA is taking us on a way to plunge past the event horizon of a supermassive black hole and on a time-bending trip around the same cosmic titan.
James Webb Space Telescope suggests supermassive black holes grew from heavy cosmic 'seeds'
By Robert Lea published
The mystery of how early universe supermassive black holes grew so quickly may be solved, with the James Webb Space Telescope finding the first evidence of "heavy seeds."
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