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    The first-ever image of a black hole was released Wednesday by a consortium of researchers, showing the "black hole at the center of galaxy M87, outlined by emission from hot gas swirling around it under the influence of strong gravity near its event hor
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    Earth Sees First Image Of A Black Hole

    Apr 10, 2019
    Every image you've ever seen of a black hole has been a simulation. Until now. "We have seen what we thought was unseeable," said Event Horizon Telescope Director Shep Doeleman.
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    The Two-Way
    An artist's rendering shows the Milky Way where a supermassive black hole lies at the center. A dozen smaller black holes have now been detected, and a new study suggests the monster is surrounded by about 10,000.
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    Center Of The Milky Way Has Thousands Of Black Holes, Study Shows

    Apr 04, 2018
    The supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy appears to have a lot of company, according to a new study that suggests the monster is surrounded by about 10,000 other black holes.
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    13.7: Cosmos And Culture
    Astronomers using ESO's MUSE instrument on the Very Large Telescope in Chile have discovered a star in the cluster NGC 3201 that is behaving strangely. It appears to be orbiting an invisible black hole with about four times the mass of the sun. This is a
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    Black Holes: Where Reality Beats Fiction

    Jan 17, 2018
    We know that at the heart of pretty much every galaxy, there is a giant black hole. There is a lot that we know about black holes — and a lot that we don't know, says astrophysicist Marcelo Gleiser.
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    The Two-Way
    An artist's conception of the most-distant supermassive black hole ever discovered, which is part of a quasar from just 690 million years after the Big Bang.
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    Massive Black Hole Reveals When The First Stars Blinked On

    Dec 06, 2017
    Scientists have detected a black hole thought to be about 800 million times as massive as our sun that is helping to reveal when the universe filled with starlight.
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    13.7: Cosmos And Culture
    LISA, as seen in this image from an artist's simulation, will aim to detect gravitational waves in space.
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    When Two Black Holes Dance, Space Quivers

    Sep 27, 2017
    Just as two kids jumping on a trampoline around each other send waves rippling outwards on the fabric, black holes distort space as they orbit around each other, says astrophysicist Marcelo Gleiser.
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    13.7: Cosmos And Culture
    A jet emanating from galaxy M87 can be seen in this July 6, 2000, photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
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    Are We About To See A Black Hole?

    Sep 21, 2017
    A project called the Event Horizon Telescope is analyzing data taken earlier this year using interferometry — and we may be remarkably close to "seeing" a black hole, says astrophysicist Adam Frank.
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    The Two-Way
    An artist's impression of a white dwarf in an extremely close orbit around what's believed to be a black hole. The star is so close that much of its material is being pulled away.
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    Scientists Catch Star And Possible Black Hole In A Rapid, Dangerous Dance

    Mar 14, 2017
    The white dwarf is whizzing around what researchers think is a black hole at an extraordinary speed — at least twice an hour. It is believed to be a star's closest known orbit to a black hole.
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    The Two-Way
    An artist's rendering shows gas falling into a supermassive black hole, creating a quasar.
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    Solving The Mystery Of The Disappearing Quasar

    Feb 23, 2016
    Scientists were studying the properties of the light coming from a quasar — one of the brightest objects in the universe — when the light just seemed to wink out. Now they think they know why.
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    The Two-Way
    The inset image shows X-ray arcs that astronomers say are signs of galactic burping in the Messier 51 galaxy system, captured by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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    Scientists Spot 'Burping' Black Hole In Nearby Galaxy

    Jan 06, 2016
    Astronomers observed two arcs of X-ray emissions near a supermassive black hole. They say this shows "black holes can create, not just destroy."
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