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Astronomers watch monster black hole spit out a light-year-long jet

Astronomers are very familiar with the twin jets launched from the poles of supermassive black holes. These structures can stretch for distances as great as 23 million light-years, extending way above and below the plane of the galaxy from which they erupt.

Live Science on MSN · 6d

Astronomers find hundreds of 'hidden' black holes — and there may be billions or even trillions more

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the very first time

USA TODAY on MSN · 11d

Mysterious flashing seen near supermassive black hole. Astronomers have an idea what it is

A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could they be?

Space on MSN · 13d

Astronomers investigate black hole jets with Event Horizon Telescope

"For such a faint and unknown target, we were not sure if we would get any data at all — but the strategy worked."

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Astronomers warn of billions of black holes consuming ‘hidden’ matter

Astronomers have warned that billions of black holes are consuming "hidden" matter in the universe. Experts identified these black holes by observing through clouds of dust and gas. This discovery could help astronomers refine their theories on galaxy evolution.

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Time-lapse of 1st black hole ever imaged reveals how matter swirls around it

Scientists used changes in the supermassive black hole M87*'s accretion disk to infer its orientation, size and turbulence ...

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN11d

Astronomers Found Strange, Accelerating X-Ray Pulses Coming From a Black Hole. They Might Be a Sign of an Orbiting White Dwarf

A supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy is once again surprising scientists. In 2018, a black hole called 1ES 1927+654, ...

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Scientists use black-hole mergers to test symmetries of the universe

In an article published in Physical Review Letters on Thursday, scientists carried out an innovative study testing the ...

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Mysterious Pulsing X-Rays From a Nearby Black Hole Baffle Astronomers

MIT astronomers have been captivated by the strange behaviors of a supermassive black located 270 million light-years away, ...

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The 1st monster black hole ever imaged has messy eating habits

A new analysis of M87*, the first black hole imaged by humanity, has revealed turbulence in the matter around it, which this ...

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Mysterious black hole starts flashing – and scientists don’t know why

A mysterious black hole has started behaving even more strangely, scientists have said. The supermassive black hole has been ...

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Scientists Once Thought These ‘Little Red Dots’ Broke Cosmology. Now, They’re Not So Sure.

Early data of “little red dots,” or LRDs, from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appeared to suggest the presence of ...

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M87* observations catch the black hole's turbulent accretion flow

Using observations from 2017 and 2018, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has advanced our understanding of the ...

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