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  • [ 12 May 2022 ] Milky Way’s supermassive black hole shines in stunning first portrait News
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X (rays) mark the spot where a black hole ate a star

23 September 2021 Astronomy Now

An elusive intermediate-mass black hole blamed for star’s destruction in tidal disruption event.

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Supermassive black hole triggers blazing ring of star formation around galactic core

24 June 2021 Astronomy Now

A supermassive black hole at the heart of galaxy NGC 1097 powers a brilliant nuclear ring of run-away star formation as imaged by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.

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The light-bending dance of binary black holes captured in mesmerising animation

21 April 2021 Astronomy Now

Using a supercomputer, researchers modelled the light-bending spectacle of two supermassive black holes locked in a space-warping gravitational dance.

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A multi-instrument view of M61, showcasing its luminous heart and winding arms

11 April 2021 Astronomy Now

Discovered in 1779, M61 serves as a brilliant subject for ground- and space-based telescopes alike, with spiral arms bursting with young stars and a luminous core harboring a supermassive black hole.

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Polarised light shows magnetic field around M87’s black hole

24 March 2021 Astronomy Now

The Event Horizon Telescope collaborations provides a fresh look, in polarised light, at M87’s supermassive black hole.

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A surprising swarm of black holes found in nearby globular cluster

11 February 2021 Astronomy Now

Astronomers find signs of multiple stellar-mass black holes at the heart of a nearby globular cluster.

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The case of the missing supermassive black hole

25 January 2021 Astronomy Now

Despite careful searches with the Hubble and Chandra space telescopes, astronomers have been unable to find a presumed supermassive black hole at the heart of a giant galaxy.

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Most distant quasar – and youngest supermassive black hole – identified

13 January 2021 Astronomy Now

Astronomers have discovered the youngest supermassive black hole to date, challenging theories about how such monsters grow.

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Nobel Prize in physics honours black hole theory and observation

6 October 2020 Astronomy Now

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics honours Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for the theory and observation of black holes

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Black hole’s shadow is wobbling, providing insights into dynamics of accretion disc

23 September 2020 Astronomy Now

The famously imaged shadow of the supermassive black hole at the heart of galaxy M87 is wobbling, opening a new window on the dynamics of its accretion disc.

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News Headlines

  • Milky Way’s supermassive black hole shines in stunning first portrait

    12 May 2022
  • Webb optical alignment complete and virtually perfect

    9 May 2022
  • Ingenuity zooms over Mars rover’s discarded parachute and backshell

    2 May 2022
  • The largest comet ever seen has been measured – and it’s a whopper

    14 April 2022
  • Webb optics alignment achieves near perfect focus

    21 March 2022
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