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Exotic Objects, Galaxies

Paradox of ultramassive black hole formation solved by supercomputer

Are black holes time machines? Yes, but there’s a catch

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Exotic Objects, Galaxies

Supermassive black holes can be kicked off-center in bright galaxies

Exotic Objects, Milky Way

Rising star in astronomy: Katie Bouman

The strange, speedy stars at the center of the Milky Way

Exotic Objects, Stars

James Webb helps shed light on black holes and star formation

Rising star in astronomy: Mallory Molina

Ask Astro: What are a supermassive black hole’s jets made of?

Exotic Objects, Stars

Sun-like star found orbiting closest black hole to Earth

A visualization of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Credit: Abhishek Joshi/UIUC.

What the image of the Milky Way’s black hole really shows

Cosmology, Exotic Objects

Maarten Schmidt, the father of quasars, dies at age 92

Exotic Objects, Milky Way

Blob of hot gas swirls around Milky Way black hole at 30% speed of light