Black Hole in our Galaxy

Astronomers watch monster black hole spit out a light-year-long jet

Astronomers are very familiar with the twin jets launched from the poles of supermassive black holes. These structures can stretch for distances as great as 23 million light-years, extending way above and below the plane of the galaxy from which they erupt.

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Astronomers find hundreds of 'hidden' black holes — and there may be billions or even trillions more

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the very first time

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NASA Astronomers Zero In on the Number of Hidden Supermassive Black Holes

Researchers found far more hidden black holes than previously known, indicating plenty of behemoths lurking in thick clouds of gas and dust.

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Astronomers concerned about billions of black holes eating ‘hidden’ matter

Astronomers have warned that billions of black holes are consuming "hidden" matter in the universe. Against the odds, Prince Harry has won a landmark victory A meteorite 100 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing space rock may have nourished early microbial life The gigantic Russian Ekranoplan aircraft carrier How quitting alcohol benefits your body after a day,

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Meet the Best-Known Black Holes In Our Galaxy

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center runs down the best-known Black Holes in the Milky Way galaxy and the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Milky Way’s Black Hole Just Lit Up in a Way We’ve Never Seen Before

Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the ...

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Black holes are spinning faster than expected, researchers find

There's a universe full of black holes out there, spinning merrily away—some fast, others more slowly. A recent survey of ...

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Feeding supermassive black holes are more common than thought across the universe

"If our eyes were able to detect X-rays, the sky would be full of dots. And every single one of those dots would be an ...

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Space telescopes stumble on rule-breaking black hole in early universe

Discover how researchers found a bizarre black hole feeding at an exceptional rate, challenging theories on black hole growth ...

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There might be far more supermassive black holes hiding around us than we thought, scientists warn

He added: “If we didn’t have a supermassive black hole in our Milky Way galaxy, there might be many more stars in the ...

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The black hole M87*: What has changed in one year

Disclaimer: AlphaGalileo is not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to AlphaGalileo by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the AlphaGalileo system.

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X-ray echoes reveal 3D structure of molecular clouds in our galaxy's center

Researchers from the University of Connecticut have created the first 3D maps of star-forming gas clouds in one of the most ...

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Galaxy growth halted by supermassive black holes

Galaxy clusters are home to many giant elliptical galaxies that have completed their growth and are not forming stars.

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Infrared telescopes discover hundreds of previously undetected supermassive black holes

Using IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists identify hundreds of obscured black holes hidden behind gas and dust.

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