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Black Hole Spits Out High-Energy Jets at Near Light-SpeedBlack holes gobble up most matter around them, but some of it escapes, spewing nearly-light-speed jets of material.
By Yasemin Saplakoglu Published
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These Two Cosmic 'Chimneys' Could Be Fueling the Galaxy-Sized Bubbles Looming Over the Milky WayScientists made an X-ray map of the center of the galaxy — and they found two chimneys of plasma.
By Brandon Specktor Published
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A Pair of Gargantuan Space Bubbles Might Be Spitting Cosmic Rays at EarthEverybody loves blowing bubbles — even galaxies!
By Brandon Specktor Published
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A Dying Star Sent Out an SOS Pointing to Its Killer: A Buzz-Saw Black HoleThe crumbs left over from a supermassive black hole's recent meal have allowed scientists to calculate the monster's rotation rate, and the results are mind-boggling.
By Rafi Letzter Published
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Star Zooms Past Monster Black Hole, Confirms RelativityBy Chelsea Gohd Published
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1 Million Habitable Planets Could (Theoretically) Orbit a Black Hole. Here's HowA black hole could have 1 million planets orbiting near it that are potentially capable of supporting life as we know it, an astrophysicist suggests.
By Charles Q. Choi Published
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The Universe's Fastest-Growing Black Hole Eats Suns Like Ours for BreakfastThe fastest growing black hole in the known universe eats a mass the size of the sun every two days.
By Brandon Specktor Published
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Wild 360-Degree Video Lets You See the Milky Way As a Giant Black Hole WouldA new 360-degree simulation that uses data from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory is helping astronomers better understand more than 22 stellar giants found at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
By Doris Elin Salazar Published
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These Powerful Blazars Are the Most Distant Ever SeenMonster black holes shooting jets of gamma-ray radiation right at us have been spotted farther away than ever before, dating back to when the universe was nearly one-tenth its current age.
By Sarah Lewin Published
