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Scientists SOLVE the mystery of the ‘runaway supermassive black hole’ barrelling through the universe
It was billed as an ‘invisible monster on the loose’ and sparked much excitement in the scientific community when it was revealed last month.
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Auroras Unplugged: NASA’s EZIE To Unveil the Charged Link Between Earth and Space
NASA’s Electrojet Explorer Mission Passes Critical Development Milestone
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Scientists locate two black holes closest to Earth in cosmic backyard
The European Space Agency, with the help of Gaia mission’s data, discovered a new family of black holes which are unique in nature. The two black holes discovered are the closest ones to the Earth.
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NASA’s Perseverance Scores Prized Mars Sample in Latest Science Expedition
NASA’s Perseverance rover recently collected its 16th cored rock sample, named “Berea,” as part of its latest science campaign exploring the top of Jezero Crater’s delta.
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A Star That Defied Death: New Findings Sheds Light on One of the Cosmos’ Most Extreme Environments
A group of physicists has developed a model that charts the unexpected orbit of a star around a supermassive black hole, uncovering new insights into one of the cosmos’ most extreme environments.
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Rare quasar triplet forms one of the most massive objects in the universe
Ultra-massive black holes are the most massive objects in the universe. Their mass can reach millions and billions of solar masses. Supercomputer simulations on Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)’s Frontera supercomputer have helped astrophysicists reveal the origin of ultra-massive black holes formed about 11 billion years ago.
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Astronomers Just Spotted an Extremely Supermassive Black Hole Lurking at the Edge of the Universe
Astronomers at the University of Texas and the University of Arizona have discovered a rapidly growing black hole in one of the most extreme galaxies known at the edge of the universe. The discovery has attracted widespread attention because it could help us better understand black holes in the universe and their impact on surrounding galaxies.
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Astrophysicists Discover a Mysterious Perfect Explosion in Space – “It Makes No Sense”
When neutron stars collide they produce an explosion that, contrary to what was believed until recently, is shaped like a perfect sphere.
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New Earth-sized exoplanet detected in the solar neighborhood
Using NASA’s Kepler spacecraft and Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
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New Earth-Sized Planet May Be Habitable, Although Half Is In Eternal Darkness
This distant world is one of only a dozen Earth-sized planets in the habitable zone around its star.