Astronomers have discovered a black hole lying just 1,000 light-years from Earth. The black hole is closer to our solar system than any other found to date and forms part …read more Source:: Science
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X-ray technology reveals never-before-seen matter around black hole
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Scientists have clarified how gravity affects the shape of matter near the black hole in binary system Cygnus X-1. Their findings may help scientists further understand the physics of strong …read more Source:: Science
New model explains what we see when a massive black hole devours a star
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A star that wanders too close to the supermassive black hole in the center of its galaxy will be torn apart by the black hole’s gravity in a violent cataclysm …read more Source:: Science
Black holes from small galaxies might emit gamma rays
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Researchers have discovered seven galaxies that could shake up what astrophysicists thought they knew about how the size of a galaxy — and the black hole at its center — …read more Source:: Science