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A giant black hole suddenly went dark, and no one knows why
By Rafi Letzter published
In 2018, one of the brightest X-ray lights in the sky went dark, and scientists still aren't sure why.
Distant 'quasar tsunamis' are ripping their own galaxies apart
By Brandon Specktor published
The winds and radiation blowing out of quasars — the most energetic objects in the universe — can kill star formation galaxy-wide, new research shows.
Dark Energy Gets Weirder: Mysterious Force May Vary Over Time
By Mike Wall published
Dark energy is even more mysterious than astronomers had thought, a new study suggests.
The Universe's Fastest-Growing Black Hole Eats Suns Like Ours for Breakfast
By Brandon Specktor published
The fastest growing black hole in the known universe eats a mass the size of the sun every two days.
Milky Way's 'Blowout Bash' May Explain Galaxy's Missing Mass
By Samantha Mathewson published
Traces of the First Stars in the Universe Possibly Found
By Nola Taylor Redd published
An enormous gas cloud in the early universe has a very small amount of the heavy elements that would form in later stellar generations, suggesting that it was "polluted" by the very first stars.
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