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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 form. Called supermassive black holes, they have been found at the center of pretty much every galaxy and are a hundred thousand to billion times the mass of our Sun.

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Space breakthrough as scientists detect biggest ever merger of two huge black holes

Astronomers have recorded gravitational waves from the largest ever black hole collision detected. Two behemoths merged in a cataclysmic event 10 billion light years from Earth. The cosmic giants, weighing 103 and 137 times the mass of our sun,

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Biggest black hole merger ever sends 225 suns’ worth of ripples through space

Earth-based LIGO observatories have detected the most massive black hole smashup ever via gravitational waves. On November 23, 2023, this powerful event was detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration.

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The 10 most powerful telescopes on Earth and in space transforming modern astronomy

The world's most powerful telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope and FAST, are revolutionizing our ...

Our universe may exist inside a spinning black hole, JWST finds

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2022, continues to reshape how we view the cosmos. Designed to look deeper ...

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A newly discovered exoplanet rekindles humanity’s oldest question: Are we alone?

The discovery of a potentially habitable exoplanet by the James Webb Space Telescope sparks fresh curiosity across science ...

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LOOK at All the Dark Matter in This New Image from the James Webb Telescope

Because it doesn't interreact with light or electromagnetism, dark matter exists to us only through its influence on visible ...

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Three years of science: Ten cosmic surprises from NASA's Webb telescope

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...

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"Cosmic Owl": James Webb Spots Rare Marvel Of Galaxy Collision

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently spotted a rare cosmic phenomenon known as the "Cosmic Owl". This structure is ...

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Curious Kids: How can the James Webb Space Telescope see so far?

Both cameras are far more sensitive than the standard cameras used on Earth. NIRCam and MIRI can detect the tiniest amounts ...

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Astronomers discover brightest galaxy during 'cosmic noon'

Names are a strange thing in astronomy. Sometimes scientists come up with grandiose, simple name, like the Extremely Large ...

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James Webb Space Telescope marks 3rd anniversary: What to know about observatory

Here's everything to know about the James Webb Space Telescope, and what it captured on its three-year anniversary observing the cosmos. To mark Webb's third year of operations, NASA shared an image ...

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