Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have revealed the closest pair of supermassive …
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ESO Telescope Discovers Closest Pair of Supermassive Black Holes Yet
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesUsing the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have revealed the closest pair of supermassive …
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New Study Suggests Supermassive Black Holes Could Form From Dark Matter
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesA new theoretical study has proposed a novel mechanism for the creation of supermassive black holes from dark …
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An international team of astronomers has published a map of the sky showing over 25,000 supermassive black holes. …
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Scientists Find Black Holes Could Reach ‘Stupendously Large’ Sizes
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesA recent study suggests the possible existence of “stupendously large black holes” or SLABS, even larger than the …
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ESO Telescope Spots Galaxies Trapped in the Web of a Supermassive Black Hole
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWith the help of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have found six galaxies lying around a supermassive …
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‘Echo Mapping’ in Faraway Galaxies Could Measure Vast Cosmic Distances
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhen you look up at the night sky at the galaxies, how do you know whether the specks …
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Coronae of Supermassive Black Holes May Be the Hidden Sources of Mysterious Cosmic Neutrinos
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesThe origin of high-energy cosmic neutrinos observed by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, whose detector is buried deep in …
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Astronomers Discover Class of Strange Objects Near Our Galaxy’s Black Hole
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAstronomers from UCLA’s Galactic Center Orbits Initiative have discovered a new class of bizarre objects at the center …
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A gigantic, balloon-like structure has been hiding in plain sight, right in the center of our own galaxy. …