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'Cosmic Horseshoe' may contain black hole the size of 36 billion suns — one of the largest ever detected
The "Cosmic Horseshoe" is an Einstein ring, a system made up of a foreground galaxy whose mass is so great, it warps the ...
One of the most massive black holes in the universe lurks at the center of the Cosmic Horseshoe
In 2007, astronomers discovered the Cosmic Horseshoe, a gravitationally lensed system of galaxies about 5.5 billion ...
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Milky Way's Massive Black Hole Spaghettified Filament Of Gas
A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...
Something Unexpected Is Spewing Stars Into the Milky Way
Fast-moving stars in the Milky Way indicate there could be a supermassive black hole in the neighboring Large Magellanic ...
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Light flares seen coming from inside of Milky Way’s black hole
(CNN) - Astronomers say they have spotted a dazzling light show from the Milky Way’s black hole. The astronomers spotted the ...
NASA supercomputer finds Milky Way-like spiral at solar system’s edge
The inner Oort cloud, between 1,000 and 10,000 AU from the sun, displays a spiral formation with arms that extend 15,000 AU.
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Scientists see 'boom' at Milky Way's center with world's most powerful space telescope
Scientists have pointed the James Webb Space Telescope at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, which is home to the ...
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James Webb Space Telescope Detects ‘Chaos’ at the Heart of the Galaxy that Defies Astronomer’s Predictions
New observations made by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have revealed a chaotic and perpetual light show occurring at the ...
NASA’s Webb Telescope Reveals a Never-Ending Cosmic Firestorm at the Center of the Milky Way
Observations revealed ongoing fireworks featuring short bursts and longer flares. Imagine solar flares, but magnified to an ...
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Webb telescope spies the Milky Way’s black hole constantly ‘bubbling’ with light
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spied dynamic flares of light near the supermassive black hole at the ...
Webb telescope finds Milky Way black hole never stops strobing light
A new study using NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a variety of light coming from the black hole Sagittarius A* — or rather its accretion disk, the ring of rapidly spinning material ...