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The Lakers Shot for the Stars and Landed in a Black Hole

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After losing out on Dan Hurley, Los Angeles reportedly interviewed JJ Redick for the head coaching gig this weekend. But hiring the podcaster won’t distract from the fact that the old way of doing things doesn’t work anymore.

At the heart of this distant galaxy lies not 1, but 2 jet-blasting black holes

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The two black holes at the heart of the galaxy OJ 287 are true behemoths with masses of 18.35 billion and 150 million times the mass of our Sun.

Sunday, Jun 16

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Echoes of Creation: The Roman Telescope’s Quest for Primordial Black Holes

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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope might reveal previously undetected “featherweight” black holes with masses similar to Earth’s. These primordial black holes, formed in the...

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Down the rabbit hole: Angela Rayner flashes super hero socks and gets cosy in a shed on the campaign trail on day shock new poll predicts the Tories could keep just 72 seats

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Angela Rayner was spotted wearing the Marvel superhero socks featuring comic book characters Thor and Black Panther while taking a break from canvassing in West Lothian.

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New Simulation Explains how Supermassive Black Holes Grew so Quickly

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One of the main scientific objectives of next-generation observatories (like the James Webb Space Telescope) has been to observe the first galaxies in the Universe – those that existed at Cosmic Dawn. This period is when the first stars,…

Saturday, Jun 15

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“Flares” and “Echoes” – Unveiling the Monster Black Hole at Our Galaxy’s Core

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Michigan State University researchers have made important discoveries about the supermassive black hole at our galaxy’s center, presenting their findings based on NuSTAR X-ray data....

Friday, Jun 14

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A bunch of baby stars are orbiting around the black hole at the center of our galaxy

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Baby stars circling the supermassive black hole Sgr A* at high speed resemble a bee swarm.

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12 billion years of black hole history, revealed through X-rays and simulations

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New findings show the black hole at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy had a late growth spurt.

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Echoes of Flares from the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole

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The supermassive black hole at the heart of our Milky Way Galaxy is a quiet monster. However, Sagittarius A* (or Sgr A* for short) is not totally dormant. Occasionally it gobbles down a blob of molecular gas or even a star and then suffers…

Black Hole 'Plasma Fireballs' Created on Earth

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"This opens up an entirely new frontier in laboratory astrophysics," astrophysicist Charles Arrowsmith said.

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High-speed baby stars circle the supermassive black hole Sgr A* like a swarm of bees

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Observational astronomy shows that newly discovered young stellar objects (YSOs) in the immediate vicinity of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* located in the center of our galaxy behave differently than expected. They describe…

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Ancient “Monster” Black Holes Revealed: MIT Astronomers Capture Elusive Starlight From Early Quasars

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Ancient starlight from the earliest quasars has been captured by MIT astronomers, revealing that some of earliest “monster” black holes likely grew from massive cosmic...

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Hubble Telescope Maps Plasma Burps of Feeding Supermassive Black Hole-Powered Quasar Close to Earth

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The nearby quasar dubbed "I Zwicky 1" has unique qualities and is a great place to investigate extreme circumstances surrounding active galactic nuclei (AGN). Continue reading to learn more.

Thursday, Jun 13

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NASA telescope spots 'cosmic fireworks' and faint echos from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole

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NASA's NuSTAR telescope found evidence of cosmic fireworks and X-ray echoes coming from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*.

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Hubble Telescope maps high-speed 'burps' from nearby feeding supermassive black hole for 1st time

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Hubble has mapped the outflow "burps" of a nearby feeding supermassive black hole-powered quasar for the first time, measuring speeds of 6.5 million mph, around 8,500 times the speed of sound.

Wednesday, Jun 12

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Supermassive Black Hole's 'Wind' Shapes Surrounding Galaxy

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Astronomers analyzed observations of a quasar to find changes in the winds surrounding it.

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NASA's planet hunter satellite observes smaller object in a black hole pair directly for the first time

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Several international research groups have already confirmed the theory that there are two black holes at the center of the distant galaxy OJ 287, first suggested by astronomers at the University of Turku, Finland. A new study shows that…