How do some black holes get so big? The James Webb Space Telescope may have an answer
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The black hole’s powerful eruption creates a string of stellar jewelry
Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful black hole eruptions ever seen – and this massive explosion, which took place nearly 4 billion years …
The James Webb Space Telescope finds an ‘extremely red’ supermassive black hole growing early in the universe
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered an “extremely red” supermassive black hole growing in the early shadow universe. The red hue …
The brightest quasar ever seen is powered by a black hole that eats ‘a sun a day’
Newly discovered quasar is a real record breaker. Not only is it the brightest quasar ever seen, but it is the brightest astronomical object in …
Cosmic Super Bowl? The Milky Way’s black hole is shaping space-time into a sphere
The IS supermassive black hole in the middle of our The Milky Way Galaxy spinning so fast that it is spinning space-time into an oval …
Did supermassive black holes or galaxies come first? The James Webb Space Telescope may have a surprising answer
“What came first, the galaxy or its monster black hole?” Technically, it is an even more ancient riddle than the one about the chicken or …
Black hole ‘particle accelerators’ are raining mysterious cosmic rays on Earth at the speed of light
An artist’s impression shows a microquasar that has allowed scientists to locate the site of a natural particle accelerator.Science Communication Lab for MPIK/HESS A study …