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11/02/2024 05:23:53 am

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Deep in the heart of the Abell 2597 Brightest Cluster Galaxy, astronomers see a small cluster of giant gas clouds raining in on the central black hole

Monster Supermassive Black Hole Feeds on Chaotic Galactic 'Rain'

Astronomers have observed for the first time ever a supermassive black hole on a feeding frenzy of cold cosmic gas that appears like galactic "rain".

An artist's drawing a black hole named Cygnus X-1. It formed when a large star caved in. This black hole pulls matter from the blue star beside it.

MIT Scientists Create Alogrithm to Demystify Image of Black Hole

A new algorithm known as CHIRP that is developed by MIT can be a crucial tool in capturing the first images of a black hole.

Artist’s conception of a star being drawn toward a black hole and destroyed (left), and the black hole later emitting a “jet” of plasma composed of the debris left from the star’s destruction.

Star Eaten Alive by Supermassive Black Hole

Astronomers detected a star that is trapped inside a monstrous black hole, where this event ejected powerful plasma jet across deep space.

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Pulsing Flashes of Light Reveals Supermassive Black Hole Merger

This black hole duo is so close together they're now producing emissions known as gravitational waves.

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