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JWST finds unusual black hole in center of Infinity Galaxy

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JWST finds unusual black hole in the center of the Infinity Galaxy: 'How can we make sense of this?'

Everything about the Infinity Galaxy, recently discovered by the JWST, is strange. One odd feature could be the 1st evidence of a "direct collapse" black hole.

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To 'infinity' and beyond: Direct evidence of black hole birth found in galaxy named 'Infinity'

Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and a team of researchers have discovered an object in space they call the "Infinity" galaxy—two recently-collided galaxies that, together, look like the symbol for infinity.

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Can Colliding Galaxies Reveal the True Birth of Supermassive Black Holes?

How do supermassive black holes form through the gradual demise of stars, or in a dramatic, sudden collapse of cosmic gas? That has been the question that has haunted astronomers for decades, but a new J.

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Astronomers detect most massive black hole collision to date

Using ripples in space-time predicted by Einstein, a team of researchers has detected a cosmic merger of unprecedented ...

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Scientists record a black hole collision they weren’t sure was possible

The largest black hole collision ever recorded has scientists' jaws on the floor — and scratching their heads.

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UK scientists create world's first 'black hole bomb' model, mimicking supernova power in lab

The black hole bomb was created in a lab in the UK using a system of spinning mirrors that amplify waves of energy that ...

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Black holes collide, world’s first hijacking, 7 steps to better health: Catch up on the day’s stories

Using ripples in space-time predicted by Einstein, researchers detected a cosmic merger of unprecedented proportions. A ...

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A look at the collision that created the biggest black hole merger yet

The new black hole has more than 200 times the mass of our sun – and is challenging theories of how objects form in space ...

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Largest-ever merger of black holes forms one 225 times the mass of the sun, astronomers say

The massive black hole has been dubbed GW231123. Its unusual size and behavior is challenging scientists' understanding of ...

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Gravitational waves reveal most massive black hole merger ever detected — one 'forbidden' by current models

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) is no stranger to making history and breaking records. In 2015 ...

Monster black hole merger is biggest ever seen

“It’s the most massive [merger] so far,” says Mark Hannam, a physicist at Cardiff University, UK, and part of the LVK ...

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What's at the center of a black hole? Scientists have a sobering answer.

But in the past two decades, new types of black holes have been seen and astronomers are beginning to understand how they ...

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Scientists detect most massive black hole merger ever — and it birthed a monster 225 times as massive as the sun

New gravitational wave findings from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration report the discovery of the largest black hole merger ...

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