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Supermassive black holes in 'little red dot' galaxies are 1,000 times larger than they should be, and astronomers don't know why
"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." ...
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Supermassive black hole captured in an unexpected spin shift
New details have been discovered about M87*, the first black hole ever photographed, revealing its plasma, its brightness and ...
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Scientists discover largest black hole jet ever seen in the early universe — its twice as long as our galaxy
Using the Gemini North telescope, astronomers have detected the largest black hole jet ever seen in the early universe. It's ...
Researchers find largest black hole jet from early universe
Researchers said on Thursday that they had discovered twin-lobed radio jets they suspect were formed when the universe was ...
A cosmic powerhouse: Astronomers discover colossal black hole jet stretching 200,000 light years
Surprisingly, the black hole driving this colossal jet is modest by quasar standards, weighing 450 million times the mass of ...
The secret recipe of black holes: Study finds they can 'cook' their own meals in space
Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...
An astrophysicist warns of an unprecedented supermassive black hole: “We’ve never seen this”
Researchers have observed strange goings-on around a supermassive black hole located nearly 300 million light years away.
A 200,000 light-year wide monster jet from the early universe
Astronomers have discovered a truly ancient monster: a radio jet 200,000 light-years wide, originating from when the universe ...
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Scientists discover black holes spinning unexpectedly fast: 'You’re essentially looking at its fossil record'
Scientists have discovered that some supermassive black holes rotate much more rapidly than expected. The discovery came as ...
Telescopes spy massive phenomenon from early days of universe that’s twice the width of Milky Way
Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years ...
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Supermassive black hole displays ‘unprecedented’ X-ray outbursts
Rapid X-ray oscillations detected near the innermost orbit of a supermassive black hole could indicate the presence of a nearby orbiter such as a white dwarf ...