Black Holes
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NASA’s new black hole video is both terrifying and astonishingJust how big is a supermassive black hole? NASA's new video is nothing short of mind-bending.ScienceMay 3, 2023
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Ongoing History Daily: Muse is…out there.Let's try to get inside the head of Muse's Matt Bellamy. This will explain a few things.EntertainmentMay 2, 2023
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Scientists develop 1st map of the ‘galactic underworld,’ the graveyard of the Milky WayUsing complex models of the life cycle of billion-year-old stars, researchers have developed the first map of a graveyard of ancient dead stars.ScienceOct 11, 2022
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Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 3 scientists for black hole researchBriton Roger Penrose, German Reinhard Genzel and American Andrea Ghez explained to the world these dead ends of the cosmos that devour light and even time.ScienceOct 6, 2020
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Astronomers observe collision of 2 black holes — 7 billion years later"It's the biggest bang since the Big Bang observed by humanity," said Caltech physicist Alan Weinstein, who was part of the discovery team.CanadaSep 5, 2020
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University of Saskatchewan students remember forgotten women astronomersA woman who discovered eight comets yet made roughly a quarter of her brother's salary was one of several scientists honoured on Tuesday night at the University of Saskatchewan.CanadaFeb 12, 2020
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Why a blurry picture of a black hole mattersThe picture may seem underwhelming to some. Artist’s renderings or simulations of black holes in the past have looked very similar — here's why it matters.ScienceApr 10, 2019
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‘Seeing the unseeable’: Scientists unveil first photo of a black holeBlack holes are phenomenally dense celestial entities with gravitational fields so powerful no matter or light can escape.WorldApr 10, 2019
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New research suggests winds of change blow even for black holesNew Alberta-led research has discovered black holes are girded by electromagnetic winds that not only influence how the super-dense interstellar bodies gobble up anything that gets too close but also how they affect vast areas of space around them.ScienceJan 22, 2018
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Second gravitational wave detected by scientistsHot on the heels of the first detection of a gravitational wave, a second has been recorded by scientists at the twin Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).ScienceJun 15, 2016
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