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One of the most perplexing discoveries in modern astronomy has been finding supermassive black holes, some weighing billions ...

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Scientists may have found a new way to detect some of the universe's most mysterious objects, primordial black holes (PBHs), ...

Using the XMM-Newton telescope, astronomers have witnessed high-speed "burps" erupting from a distant overfeeding ...

A new paper claims astronomers discovered an ultramassive black hole heavier than any other black hole we've ever measured.

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A new census reveals that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden behind dust, disrupting major galactic models.

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