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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 ...
Webb spots 'Infinity Galaxy' that sheds light on black hole formation
Discoveries keep pouring out of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Researchers observed an unusual cluster, which they ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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" ...
What's at the center of a black hole? Scientists have a sobering answer.
But in the past two decades, new types of black holes have been seen and astronomers are beginning to understand how they ...
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JWST finds cosmic monster ruling tiny early galaxy: Was it forged by black holes from the Big Bang?
"Theories involving substantial formation of stars prior to or together with the black hole formation and growth are very ...
Our universe may exist inside a spinning black hole, JWST finds
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2022, continues to reshape how we view the cosmos. Designed to look deeper ...
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Our Universe Might Be Inside A Black Hole
New data from JWST suggests our Universe may be hidden within a massive Black Hole. Speaker Mike Johnson and other ...
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Newly Discovered “Infinity Galaxy” Might Explain How Supermassive Black Hole Came To Be
“Third, as an unexpected bonus, it turns out that both galaxy nuclei also have an active supermassive black hole. So, this ...
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Tiny ‘primordial’ black holes created in the Big Bang may have rapidly grown to supermassive sizes
The earliest and most distant supermassive black hole discovered thus far by JWST is CEERS 1019, which existed just 570 million years after the Big Bang and has a mass 9 million times that of the sun.
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Webb Telescope Spots ‘Infinity Galaxy’ Hosting A Supermassive Black Hole That Shouldn’t Exist
Hidden in the ‘Infinity Galaxy,’ a black hole floats in space where none should exist, upending old ideas about black hole birth.