Black Hole
Astronomers spot a massive ‘sleeping giant’ black hole less than 2,000 light-years from Earth
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers have spotted ...
Gravitational waves reveal 1st-of-its-kind merger between neutron star and mystery object
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Astronomers announced on April 5 that they may have detected a collision between a neutron star and a lightweight mystery object — ...
Zombie Stars at the Milky Way’s Core Defy Time
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Northwestern University’s new research using simulations of 1,000 stars around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, reveals that high-speed stellar ...
Event Horizon Telescope reveals magnetic fields around the Milky Way’s central black hole
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13 Astronomers from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration have found strong magnetic fields spiraling around the supermassive black hole at the ...
Most quasars are a ferocious force of nature, but not this one
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A composite image of the quasar H1821+643, with X-ray data from Chandra in blue and radio wavelength data from the Very Large ...
Why are some supermassive black hole jets so short? Astronomers may have cracked the case
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A new investigation into a rare and short-lived type of galaxy has revealed that such objects harbor slumbering supermassive black holes that ...
New image reveals “twisted” magnetic fields around our black hole
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Astronomers have discovered powerful “twisted” magnetic fields spiraling around the black hole that sits at the center of the Milky Way, the ...
Supermassive black hole’s mysterious hiccups’ likely caused by neighboring black hole’s ‘punches’
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A hiccuping supermassive black hole has alerted astronomers to a whole new type of black hole behavior. In 2020, a previously quiet ...
New image reveals spiraling magnetic field around Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
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A striking new image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy has revealed the strong magnetic field that ...
Supermassive black hole map is nightmare fuel
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Scientists have created the largest ever supermassive black hole map. The map, which is featured in a paper in The Astrophysical Journal, ...
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