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Astronomers watch monster black hole spit out a light-year-long jet

Astronomers are very familiar with the twin jets launched from the poles of supermassive black holes. These structures can stretch for distances as great as 23 million light-years, extending way above and below the plane of the galaxy from which they erupt.

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Astronomers find hundreds of 'hidden' black holes — and there may be billions or even trillions more

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the very first time

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Astronomers concerned about billions of black holes eating ‘hidden’ matter

Astronomers have warned that billions of black holes are consuming "hidden" matter in the universe. Against the odds, Prince Harry has won a landmark victory A meteorite 100 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing space rock may have nourished early microbial life The gigantic Russian Ekranoplan aircraft carrier How quitting alcohol benefits your body after a day,

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M87* observations catch the black hole's turbulent accretion flow

Using observations from 2017 and 2018, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has advanced our understanding of the ...

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The black hole M87*: What has changed in one year

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Milky Way’s Black Hole Just Lit Up in a Way We’ve Never Seen Before

Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the ...

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Black holes are spinning faster than expected, researchers find

There's a universe full of black holes out there, spinning merrily away—some fast, others more slowly. A recent survey of ...

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Feeding supermassive black holes may have ended the cosmic 'dark ages' billions of years ago

"Finding more supermassive black holes that are potentially hosting jets raises the question as to how these black holes grew ...

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Mysterious flashing seen near supermassive black hole. Astronomers have an idea what it is

A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could ...

Supermassive Black Hole Caught Doing Something Never Seen Before

Sgr A*, at the heart of the Milky Way and clocking in at 4.3 million solar masses, is the closest supermassive black hole we have access to. It's also on the quiescent end of the activity scale, which ...