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Huge Black Hole Discovered in Small Galaxy

By Lee SpeigelJan 12th 2011 – 6:40PM
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Which came first: the black hole or its home galaxy? This chicken-and-egg analogy is an issue raised with the discovery of a massive black hole inside a tiny, dwarf galaxy, and it may provide clues to the formation of the universe. A little Astronomy 101 would help here. We live on a planet that's part of a solar system...

Is Reality Real or Are We All in a Hologram? Fermilab Aims to Find Out

By Steven HofferOct 21st 2010 – 1:59PM

(Oct. 21) -- This article, the computer you are reading it on, you yourself and the rest of the three-dimensional universe we appear to exist in are all merely a hologram. That's what Fermilab particle astrophysicist Craig Hogan is setting out to prove by developing the most precise clock in the world -- known as a...

Do Massive Stars Spawn Huge Black Holes?

Dec 8th 2009 – 5:43PM
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NASA / AP

(Dec. 8) -- The biggest black holes in the universe are also the most perplexing. Scientists have long been confused about just how the earliest, most massive black holes formed, but new evidence now suggests they could have originated inside giant cocoon-like stars. This idea is at odds with the prevailing thinking that...

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Black Hole Winds Hit 20 Million MPH, Reports NASA'S Chandra X-Ray Observatory

By David Freeman Feb 22nd 2012 - 08:34AM

Scientists have measured the fastest winds yet observed from a stellar-mass black hole, shedding light on the behavior of these curious cosmic objects.

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Dazzling NASA Hubble Image Of Galaxy Centaurus A

By Chris C. Anderson Jan 04th 2012 - 12:09PM

NASA's recent image of the day is a doozy.

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WATCH: Black Hole To Devour Huge Gas Cloud

By The Huffington Post Dec 18th 2011 - 06:10PM

A huge gas cloud in space is about to meet its end at the hands of a massive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

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Black Hole Eats Star: Researchers Detail Astounding Cosmic Occurrence (VIDEO)

By Dean Praetorius Aug 26th 2011 - 04:35PM

Back in March, when NASA's Swift spacecraft first detected what scientists believed to be a black hole eating a star 3.8 billion light years from earth, many didn't quite know what it would mean.

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Escaping A Black Hole Might Be Possible

By Bonnie Christian Aug 11th 2011 - 06:27PM

Perhaps the scariest thing about them is that there is no escape from a black hole.

Background on black hole

A black hole is a region of spacetime whose gravitational field is so strong that nothing which enters it, not even light, can escape.

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