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To mark the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, Space.com looks at some of the most scientifically significant images that have emerged from the observatory's lens.
In 2018 astronomers at MIT and elsewhere observed previously unseen behavior from a black hole known as 1ES 1927+654, which ...
The basic idea is that you send a beam of light around a pair of black holes spinning around each other prior to a merger, or a single black hole spinning quickly, and use the higher-energy ...
Scientists have discovered key conditions needed for a stellar black hole to create plasma jets. Their findings show that when superheated gas material experiences a rapid shrinkage towards the black ...
The energy source behind both quasars and microquasars is the spin of the black hole itself. As they gradually give up this ...
While it's much smaller than the largest supermassive black holes detected, it's still a whopper considering how early in the ...
To mark its 35th anniversary, the European Space Agency (ESA) is revisiting iconic Hubble images with updated data and ...
A supermassive black hole dormant for decades has just awakened in a distant galaxy. This sudden activation provides a unique ...
Dr. Suvendu Rakshit, a key researcher in the study, emphasized the significance of the discovery while acknowledging that the search for IMBHs is far from complete.
Astrophysicists from Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) have successfully detected and measured ...
Hubble’s 35‑year celebration brings a vibrant reimagining of the Sombrero Galaxy, revealing hidden dust lanes and far‑flung ...
The quasi-periodic eruptions of X-rays from a black hole 300 million light-years away are unlike any researchers have ever ...