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Last summer, researchers announced the first ever detection of a supermassive black hole being spotted as it awoke. The ...
"This rare event provides an opportunity for astronomers to observe a black hole's behavior in real time," said astronomer Lorena Hernández-García.
For now, researchers think the light might be coming from the first stars to exist, or outflows from a supermassive black ...
Supermassive black hole spotted 12.9 billion light-years from Earth — and it's shooting a beam of energy right at us In the future, detailed studies of the galaxy's supermassive black hole could ...
A mysterious 'black hole' spotted in the middle of nowhere on the Earth's surface by satellites had conspiracy theorists running for their tin hats. The images found on Google Maps of a dark ...
We perceive black holes as regions of spacetime with such ... In 2023, astronomers thought they may have spotted stars powered by dark matter in JADES images, and last year the most distant ...
The GOODS-North field of galaxies, with a close-up of the galaxy GN-z11, which contains the most distant supermassive black hole spotted to date. The GOODS-North field of galaxies, with a close-up ...
A new study suggests that a black hole singularity—where time and matter are condensed into infinitely small space—could be a transition to a beginning. This beginning is a white hole—a ...
Astronomers are investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of X-rays seen from a newly awakened black hole. Watching this strange behavior unfold in real time offers a unique opportunity to ...