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Thursday, Dec 18

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Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients Are Likely Large Black Holes Shredding Their Massive Companions

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In 2024, astronomers discovered the brightest Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (LFBOT) ever observed. LFBOTs are extremely bright flashes of blue light that shine for brief periods before fading away. New analysis of this record…

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A Runaway Supermassive Black Hole Is Racing Through Space at Nearly 1,000 km/s and Leaving a Trail of Newborn Stars Behind

www.zmescience.com

Astronomers have confirmed the first supermassive black hole ever seen escaping its galaxy.

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Astronomers just watched a black hole twist spacetime

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Astronomers have detected spacetime itself being dragged and twisted by a spinning black hole for the first time. The discovery, seen during a star’s violent destruction, confirms a prediction made over 100 years ago and reveals new clues…

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Giannis Antetokounmpo Recalls One-on-One Training Session With Kobe Bryant: ‘I’m An A**hole, I’m Not Nice”

Whenever an NBA player says they learnt a lot from Kobe Bryant, it’s not just about his game. It’s also the Black Mamba’s mindset, the aspects that made people uncomfortable. These traits may be easy to criticize as an opponent or hater,…

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Galaxy mergers light up fastest growing black holes

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New Euclid satellite observations indicate that collisions between galaxies trigger the most powerful active galactic nuclei in the universe. The results strengthen the link between galaxy mergers and rapid growth phases of supermassive…

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A never-before-seen phenomenon: Astronomers witness black hole unleashing cosmic storm

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(NaturalNews) Astronomers detected winds erupting from a supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 3783 at 134 million mph (20% light speed), the fastest ever obse...

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Quantum batteries charge faster when engineered to mimic black hole information scrambling

www.nanowerk.com

Quantum spin chains that simulate black hole physics can boost quantum battery charging power and reduce charging times by exploiting rapid information scrambling dynamics.

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James Webb telescope finds supermassive black hole hidden inside 'Jekyll and Hyde' galaxy

www.livescience.com

The discovery of a hidden supermassive black hole inside an ancient galaxy suggests that some of our universe's most extreme objects could be invisible unless observed in infrared wavelengths, James Webb telescope observations reveal.

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NASA’s IXPE mission cracks the mystery of black hole jets

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A 60‑Day marathon staring contest with a galaxy cluster.

Tuesday, Dec 16

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Astronomers Caught a Spacetime Whirlpool Around a Black Hole as First Predicted by Einstein. “This is a Real Gift for Physicists”

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A shredded star revealed a long-predicted spacetime whirlpool around a spinning black hole.

Monday, Dec 15

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A Game About Feeding A Black Hole, out today, is exactly what it proclaims to be, and surprisingly tranquil

I do not know if a black hole is something we should feed. Ostensibly they are things (anti-things? I'm not a black holeologist) that I would like to be far away from, given what I've heard. And yet here I am, having tinkered around with…

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Not every galaxy may have its own black hole

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A new study challenges convention and suggests that there are a large number of galaxies without black holes at their cores.

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Ukraine a ‘black hole’ swallowing billions of euros – EU country’s PM

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The EU continues to fund Ukraine despite rampant corruption that swallows billions of euros, Slovak PM Robert Fico has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Sunday, Dec 14

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Fico describes Ukraine as ‘black hole’ swallowing billions of euros

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According to the Slovak prime minister, the European Union is currently in crisis

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Breaking a 50-Year Law: New Evidence Challenges Fundamental Black Hole Physics

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New observations suggest that the relationship between light emitted by quasars has changed over cosmic time, hinting that the structure around supermassive black holes may not be as universal as once thought. Astronomers from around the…

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Quasar X ray link to black hole environment found to evolve over cosmic time

www.spacedaily.com

Astronomers using new X ray data have found evidence that the structure of matter around supermassive black holes has changed over billions of years, challenging a quasar relationship that has been treated as a fundamental law for nearly…

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Recent Surveys Reveal Dwarf Galaxies May Not Contain Supermassive Black Holes

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A new study, analyzing over 1,600 galaxies observed with Chandra over two decades, suggests that smaller galaxies do not contain supermassive black holes nearly as often as larger galaxies do.