NASA’s Chandra finds small galaxies buck the black
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Most smaller galaxies may not have supermassive black holes at their centers, contrasting with other studies that nearly every galaxy has one within their cores.
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Astronomers celebrate images decades in the making
U astronomers celebrate the release of the first images from the Rubin Observatory, which captures the largest field of view of any telescope in operation.
Read More‘Vast discovery’ of black holes in dwarf galaxies
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New U-led research from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument reveals 300 new intermediate-mass black holes and 2,500 dwarf galaxies with active black holes, tripling the existing census for both.
Read MoreAstronomers find missing link in massive black hole formation
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“Once-in-a-career kind of finding”—the discovery is the best candidate for intermediate-mass black holes that astronomers have long believed to exist but have never found.
Read MoreGravitational waves thrum through the cosmos
Tanmoy Laskar talks with @theU about an exciting announcement—gravitational waves are thrumming throughout the universe, distorting the fabric of space and time.
Read MoreMysterious bright flash is a black hole jet pointing straight at Earth
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Astronomers at the U believe the jet was produced by a black hole that began devouring a nearby star, releasing a huge amount of energy in the process.
Read MoreWill crullers around black holes dance?
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Shining doughnut-like structures come from the radiation of the accretion flow around the black hole.
Read MoreExtraordinary black hole found in neighboring galaxy
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It is one of the only confirmed intermediate-mass black holes, an object that has long been sought by astronomers.
Read MoreWatch launch of biggest, most powerful telescope
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U astronomer Anil Seth explains why the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope was a cosmically huge deal.
Read MoreBlack holes and humankind
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Learn how understanding black holes can help us understand ourselves.
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