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JWST finds unusual black hole in center of Infinity Galaxy

Space.com on MSN · 7h

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.

Phys.org on MSN · 1d

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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Newly Discovered “Infinity Galaxy” Might Explain How Supermassive Black Hole Came To Be

How did supermassive black holes come to be? Astronomers have two hypotheses for their formation, and now one of them might have gotten the first tantalizing piece of direct evidence. Researchers report the observation of a supermassive black hole that might have formed by direct collapse.

'Ice cube' clouds discovered at the galaxy's center shouldn't exist — and they hint at a recent black hole explosion

Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the "Fermi bubbles" contain inexplicable clouds of cold ...

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Astronomers detect most massive black hole collision to date

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever ...

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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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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Two black holes merged in outer space and created something colossal

Astronomers have detected the signal of a colossal black hole in deep space that likely formed when two already-large black ...

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN4h

Physicists Detect the Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever Observed by Studying Gravitational Waves

A short-lived ripple in space-time revealed that two black holes merged into a giant black hole with the mass of 225 suns ...

Live Science on MSN2d

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 ...

Space.com on MSN2d

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 ...

‘A black hole walks into a bar …’ UVA astronomers take science to the people

Speaking at a local restaurant, University of Virginia astronomers share the wonders of the universe, hard science and some ...

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Biggest black hole merger EVER detected has created terrifying ‘monster’ that’s 225 times as massive as our Sun

SCIENTISTS have discovered the biggest black hole merger ever recorded, as two massive spacetime ripples spiral into each ...

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Primordial black hole flybys could alter exoplanet orbits

Though our solar system and the movement of its planets appear relatively sedate, there are many things that could upset the ...

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