Topic: Black Holes
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: In Technicolor
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Whirlpools
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Blowing in the Wind
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: The Milky Way
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Black Holes
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Black Holes
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Is the universe a big hologram? This device could find out.
Scientists at Fermilab are constructing a 'holometer' to get a closer look at the fabric of spacetime.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Deep Impacts
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 09/16
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 09/03
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 08/27
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 08/11
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 08/05
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In Pictures: Space Photos of the Day 07/28
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 07/27
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Star kicked out of Milky Way by giant black hole
A super-hot blue star careening at 1.6 million miles per hour was ejected from our galaxy after a brush with a monster black hole, astronomers believe.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 07/15
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 07/12
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 07/09
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Black hole caught blowing massive gas bubble
Astronomers have observed a black hole releasing a pair of powerful jets that are creating a massive bubble of hot gas some 1,000 light-years across.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 07/02
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'Monster' black holes light up when galaxies collide
Monster black holes at the centers of galaxies tend to 'light up' – throwing out massive amounts of radiation – when galaxies merge.
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In Pictures: Space Photos of the Day 06/17
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In Pictures: Space Photos of the Day 06/12
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What's more powerful than a supermassive black hole? A supermassive black hole that spins backwards.
Supermassive black holes that have a retrograde spin might produce more ferocious jets of gas, a new theory suggests.
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Scientists figure out why black holes 'light up' when galaxies collide
When galaxies merge, some black holes will suddenly emit 10 billion times the energy of the sun. Using data from NASA's Swift satellite, scientists now know why this happens.
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Two giant black holes surprise scientists with unexpected behavior
Two new studies have turned up some surprising results and could help explain the evolution of galaxies.
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'Supermassive' black hole gets flung from galaxy
Astronomers have possibly detected a black hole more massive than a billion suns being ejected from a distant galaxy at high speed.
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Humongous black hole spotted careening through space
Astronomers spotted a 'supermassive' black hole – heavier than a billion suns – being ejected from a distant galaxy.
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Two medium-sized black holes fight back against supermassive black hole
So far two rare medium-sized black holes have not been swallowed up by a nearby supermassive black hole.
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