Scientists find ancient black hole breaking the cosmic ‘speed limit,’ challenging multiple theories
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The Object at the Core of the Milky Way Might Not Be a Black Hole at All, Scientists Say
The traditional understanding is that the center of our galaxy is dominated by a supermassive black hole. The…
Radio signal discovered at the center of our galaxy could put Einstein’s relativity to the test
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James Webb Space Telescope uncovers secret supermassive black holes that escape traditional detection
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Milky Way’s ‘Central Black Hole’ is Compact Object Composed of Fermionic Dark Matter, Study Says
For decades, the motions of stars near the center of our Milky Way Galaxy have been treated as…
Astronomers watch 1st black hole ever imaged launch a 3,000‑light‑year‑long cosmic jet from its glowing ‘shadow’
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New Cosmological Simulations Shed Light on Growth of Black Holes in Early Universe
New state-of-the-art simulations by Maynooth University astronomers show that in the dense, turbulent dawn of the cosmos, ‘light…
Supermassive black hole grows 13 times faster than cosmic speed limits
Japanese astronomers have discovered an extraordinary supermassive black hole in the early universe that is growing at a…
Physicists Begin Building First-Ever Graviton Detector
Stevens Institute of Technology physicist Igor Pikovski and colleagues are developing the first experiment designed to capture individual…
Early Universe’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Young Supermassive Black Holes, Astrophysicists Say
Astrophysicists at the University of Copenhagen show that the enigmatic ‘little red dots’ — red sources scattered across…
James Webb Space Telescope figures out how black hole murdered Pablo’s Galaxy
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“The Model That We Started Off With is Wrong”: Astronomers Say These Odd Blue ‘Optical Transients’ Aren’t What We Thought They Were
Unusual blue and ultraviolet bursts called luminous fast blue optical transients (LFBOTs) have been studied by astronomers for…