supermassive black hole
How are galaxies destroyed?
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Eventually, all galaxies, including our own Milky Way, will meet their end. But how do galaxies die? If you’re in the mood ...
12 billion years of black hole history, revealed through X-rays and simulations
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The black hearts of galaxies have had their history told almost in full for the first time, as astronomers combined X-ray observations ...
NASA telescope spots ‘cosmic fireworks’ and faint echos from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
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Astronomers have spotted flares and echos coming from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A* (Sgr ...
Groundbreaking Measurement Reveals a Black Hole Spinning at a Quarter the Speed of Light
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A team of astronomers has managed to calculate the speed of a distant supermassive black hole’s spin thanks to the object’s chance ...
Our neighboring galaxy’s supermassive black hole would probably be a polite dinner guest
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How do you satiate the hunger of a supermassive black hole? With light-years-long rivers of cosmic dust, astronomers say. Scientists have found ...
NASA’s Chandra spacecraft spots supermassive black hole erupting in the Milky Way’s heart
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Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescope, scientists have discovered a new cosmic “exhaust vent” funneling hot gas away from Sagittarius A* (Sgr ...
NASA simulation mimics flying into black hole’s “point of no return”
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A new “immersive visualization” will allow users to experience the plunging into a black hole and falling beyond the “point of no ...
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 ...
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 ...
