Tag: Black holes
Egg-shaped galaxies may be aligned to the black holes at their hearts, astronomers find
New analysis of radio telescope data links the shape of galaxies to the supermassive black holes they host.
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14 Nov, 08:00 PM
Watch a star get destroyed by a supermassive black hole in the first simulation of its kind
If a star gets too close to a black hole, it gets shredded and produces a complex ball of light. These videos are the first time this dramatic event has been simulated in detail.
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20 Aug, 11:00 AM
The brightest object in the universe is a black hole that eats a star a day
The black hole J0529-4351 is 500 trillion times brighter than the Sun.
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19 Feb, 08:00 PM
Astronomers finally caught radio waves from 40 large galaxies in the nearby universe
Do all big black holes in very massive galaxies emit radio waves? We used the latest radio telescopes to find out.
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6 Dec, 01:00 AM
Curious Kids: how do black holes pull in light?
Black holes are known for pulling in all kinds of stuff – including light. Here’s how that actually works.
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16 Aug, 05:00 AM
