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How does a black hole get to the center of a galaxy, and does the galaxy revolve around it?
If a black hole begins as a star somewhere in a galaxy, how does it end up in the galaxy's center? Is the gravitational pull so strong that all the stars in the galaxy start revolving around it?
Euclid telescope spots a rare Einstein Ring in a nearby galaxy
The Euclid Space Telescope has captured a remarkable image showing an extremely rare phenomenon: a ring of light around the center of a galaxy, known as an Einstein Ring. These structures appear in ...
The secret recipe of black holes: Study finds they can 'cook' their own meals in space
Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...
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X-ray echoes reveal 3D structure of molecular clouds in our galaxy's center
Samantha W. Brunker et al, 3D MC I: X-ray Tomography Begins to Unravel the 3-D Structure of a Molecular Cloud in our Galaxy's Center, arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2501.07717 Journal ...
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X-ray observations uncover merger process in a nearby low-mass galaxy cluster
Therefore, they could serve as excellent laboratories for studying galaxy evolution and cosmology. With a mass of about 420 ... light years from the cluster center and a candidate radio halo ...
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Hubble Telescope sees rare supernova explosion as a violent 'pale blue dot' (image)
The spiral galaxy's swirling mass centers around an ... in which a pair of stars orbit a common center of mass. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events ...