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Stellar black holes, mid-mass black holes, and supermassive black holes.
Image
Date
Title
Org.
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2024
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09 Sep 24
NASA's Hubble, Chandra Find Supermassive Black Hole Duo
NASA/STScI/CXC
14 Aug 24
NASA Telescopes Work Out Black Hole's Snack Schedule
NASA/CXC
11 Jun 24
How do Supermassive Black Holes Get Super Massive?
NASA/CXC/NSF/Penn State
22 May 24
NASA's Chandra Catches 'Death Star' Black Holes in Action
NASA/CXC
09 May 24
NASA's Chandra Notices the Galactic Center is Venting
NASA/CXC
21 Mar 24
NASA's Chandra Identifies an Underachieving Black Hole
NASA/CXC
21 Feb 24
Black Hole Fashions Stellar Beads on a String
NASA/CXC
08 Feb 24
Telescopes Show the Milky Way's Black Hole is Ready for a Kick
NASA/CXC
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2023
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06 Nov 23
NASA Telescopes Discover Record-Breaking Black Hole
NASA/CXC
22 Aug 23
A Giant Black Hole Destroys a Massive Star
NASA/CXC
21 Jun 23
Milky Way's Central Black Hole Woke Up 200 Years Ago, NASA's IXPE Finds
NASA/MSFC
22 Feb 23
NASA's Chandra Discovers Giant Black Holes on Collision Course
NASA/CXC
11 Jan 23
Astronomers Dig Out Buried Black Holes With NASA's Chandra
NASA/CXC
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2022
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30 Jun 22
Chandra Shows Giant Black Hole Spins Slower Than Its Peers
NASA/CXC
12 May 22
NASA Telescopes Support Event Horizon Telescope in Studying Milky Way's Black Hole
NASA/CXC
20 Apr 22
Black Holes Raze Thousands of Stars to Fuel Growth
NASA/CXC
10 Jan 22
"Mini" Monster Black Hole Could Hold Clues to Giant's Growth
NASA/CXC
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2021
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16 Dec 21
Astronomers Spy Quartet of Cavities From Giant Black Holes
NASA/CXC
31 Aug 21
"X-ray Magnifying Glass" Enhances View of Distant Black Holes
NASA/CXC
14 Apr 21
Telescopes Unite in Unprecedented Observations of Famous Black Hole
NASA/CXC
09 Mar 21
Gigantic Jet Spied From Black Hole in Early Universe
NASA/CXC
08 Feb 21
Rare Blast's Remains Discovered in Milky Way Center
NASA/CXC
14 Jan 21
Galaxies Hit Single, Doubles, and a Triple (Growing Black Holes)
NASA/CXC
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2020
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14 Oct 20
The Recipe for Powerful Quasar Jets
NASA/CXC
15 Jul 20
Cases of Black Hole Mistaken Identity
NASA/CXC
23 Apr 20
Star Survives Close Call with a Black Hole
NASA/CXC
19 Mar 20
Chandra Data Tests "Theory of Everything"
NASA/CXC
27 Feb 20
Record-Breaking Explosion by Black Hole Spotted
NASA/CXC
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2019
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26 Nov 19
Black Hole Nurtures Baby Stars a Million Light Years Away
NASA/CXC
25 Sep 19
Found: Three Black Holes On Collision Course
NASA/CXC
11 Sep 19
Scientists Discover Black Hole Has Three Hot Meals a Day
NASA/CXC
08 Aug 19
Cloaked Black Hole Discovered in Early Universe using NASA's Chandra
NASA/CXC
09 Jan 19
Shredded Star Leads to Important Black Hole Discovery
NASA/CXC
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2018
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09 Aug 18
Finding the Happy Medium of Black Holes
NASA/CXC
21 Jun 18
'Red Nuggets' are Galactic Gold for Astronomers
NASA/CXC
18 Jun 18
Star Shredded by Rare Breed of Black Hole
ESA
31 May 18
Gravitational Wave Event Likely Signaled Creation of a Black Hole
NASA/CXC
15 Feb 18
Supermassive Black Holes Are Outgrowing Their Galaxies
NASA/CXC
11 Jan 18
Researchers Catch Supermassive Black Hole Burping — Twice
NASA/CXC
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2017
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30 Nov 17
Giant Black Hole Pair Photobombs Andromeda Galaxy
CXC
03 Oct 17
Scientists Find Elusive Giant Black Hole Pairs
NASA/CXC
31 May 17
Early Black Holes May Have Grown in Fits and Spurts
CXC
30 Mar 17
Mysterious Cosmic Explosion Puzzles Astronomers
CXC
13 Mar 17
Star Discovered in Closest Known Orbit Around Likely Black Hole
CXC
14 Feb 17
Black-Hole-Powered Jets Forge Fuel for Star Formation
NRAO
05 Jan 17
Astronomers Discover Powerful Cosmic Double Whammy
CXC
05 Jan 17
Deepest X-ray Image Ever Reveals Black Hole Treasure Trove
CXC
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2016
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27 Jun 16
Clandestine Black Hole May Represent New Population
CXC
24 May 16
NASA Telescopes Find Clues For How Giant Black Holes Formed So Quickly
NASA
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2015
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21 Oct 15
Destroyed Star Rains onto Black Hole, Winds Blow it Back
CXC
23 Sep 15
Milky Way's Black Hole Shows Signs of Increased Chatter
CXC
09 Jul 15
A Precocious Black Hole
ETH Zurich and CXC
05 Jan 15
NASA's Chandra Detects Record-Breaking Outburst from Milky Way's Black Hole
CXC
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2014
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13 Nov 14
NASA X-ray Telescopes Find Black Hole May Be a Neutrino Factory
MSFC
05 Mar 14
Chandra and XMM-Newton Provide Direct Measurement of Distant Black Hole's Spin
NASA
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2013
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20 Nov 13
NASA's Chandra Helps Confirm Evidence of Jet in Milky Way's Black Hole
NASA
29 Aug 13
NASA'S Chandra Catches Our Galaxy's Giant Black Hole Rejecting Food
NASA
12 Jun 13
NASA's Chandra Turns up Black Hole Bonanza in Galaxy Next Door
NASA
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2012
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18 Dec 12
From Super to Ultra: Just How Big Can Black Holes Get?
CXC
11 Jun 12
Black Hole Growth Found to be Out of Synch
NASA
04 Jun 12
Giant Black Hole Kicked Out of Home Galaxy
NASA
03 May 12
Black Hole Caught Red-handed in a Stellar Homicide
NASA
21 Feb 12
NASA'S Chandra Finds Fastest Wind From Stellar-Mass Black Hole
NASA
08 Feb 12
NASA's Chandra Finds Milky Way's Black Hole Grazing on Asteroids
NASA
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2011
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17 Nov 11
NASA's Chandra Contributes to Black Hole Birth Announcement
CXC
27 Jul 11
Chandra Images Gas Flowing Toward Black Hole
NASA
15 Jun 11
NASA's Chandra Finds Massive Black Holes Common in Early Universe
NASA
07 Apr 11
NASA Telescopes Join Forces to Observe Unprecedented Explosion
NASA
12 Jan 11
Taking the Pulse of a Black Hole System
CXC
10 Jan 11
Surprise: Dwarf Galaxy Harbors Supermassive Black Hole
CXC
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2010
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15 Nov 10
NASA's Chandra Finds Youngest Nearby Black Hole
CXC
21 Jul 10
Black Hole Jerked Around Twice
CXC
07 Jul 10
Black Hole Blows Big Bubble
ESO
29 Apr 10
"Survivor" Black Holes May Be Mid-Sized
CXC
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2009
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25 Mar 09
Erratic Black Hole Regulates Itself
CXC
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2008
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18 Jun 08
Black Holes Have Simple Feeding Habits
CXC
16 Apr 08
Milky Way's Giant Black Hole Awoke from Slumber 300 Years Ago
GSFC
10 Jan 08
Chandra Data Reveal Rapidly Whirling Black Holes
CXC
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2007
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25 Oct 07
GOODS Missing Black Hole Report: Hundreds Found!
JPL
17 Oct 07
Heaviest Stellar Black Hole Discovered in Nearby Galaxy
CXC
03 Jan 07
Black Hole Boldly Goes Where No Black Hole Has Gone Before
ESA
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2006
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21 Jun 06
Black Hole Paradox Solved By NASA's Chandra
NASA
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2005
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13 Oct 05
Stars Form Surprisingly Close to Milky Way's Black Hole
NASA
06 Apr 05
Era of Galaxy and Black Hole Growth Spurt Discovered
NASA
22 Mar 05
X-rays Signal Presence of Elusive Intermediate-Mass Black Hole
CXC
15 Feb 05
NASA Observatory Confirms Black Hole Limits
NASA
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2004
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01 Jun 04
Spitzer Space Telescope Leads NASA's Great Observatories to Uncover Black Holes and Other Hidden Objects in the Distant Universe
STScI
10 Apr 04
Researchers Resolve Intermediate Mass Black Hole Mystery
University of Amsterdam
18 Feb 04
Giant Black Hole Rips Apart Star
NASA
05 Jan 04
Jets Spout Far Closer to Black Hole Than Thought, Scientists Say
MIT
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2003
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17 Sep 03
"Iron-Clad" Evidence For Spinning Black Hole
CXC
19 Jun 03
The Secret Lives Of Galaxies Unveiled In Deep Survey
NASA
06 Jan 03
Milky Way Monster Stars in Cosmic Reality Show
NASA
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2002
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10 Dec 02
Chandra Reveals Pileup on Cosmic Speedway
CXC
19 Nov 02
Never Before Seen: Two Supermassive Black Holes in Same Galaxy
NASA
03 Oct 02
From Cradle To Grave: Chandra Discovers The History Of Black Hole X-Ray Jets
NASA
28 Jun 02
Scientists Observe Light Fighting To Escape Black Hole's Pull
GSFC
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2001
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12 Oct 01
Closer Look Reveals Andromeda's Black Hole Not As "Cool" As Believed
CXC
05 Sep 01
Chandra Catches Milky Way Monster Snacking
NASA
07 May 01
Chandra Pinpoints Edge Of Accretion Disk Around Black Hole
CXC
13 Mar 01
Deepest X-Rays Ever Reveal universe Teeming With Black Holes
NASA
11 Jan 01
Chandra Uncovers New Evidence For Event Horizons Surrounding Black Holes
NASA
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2000
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12 Sep 00
Chandra Clinches Case for Missing Link Black Hole
CXC
06 Jun 00
Spectacular X-ray Jet Points Toward Cosmic Energy Booster
CXC
05 Jun 00
Chandra Observes Cloud Powered by Black Hole in Distant Galaxy
CXC
25 May 00
Chandra Clocks Million Mile Per Hour Wind Expanding From Vicinity of Giant Black Hole
CXC
20 Mar 00
Gravitational Lens Helps Chandra Find Rare Type of Black Hole
CXC
17 Feb 00
Chandra Reads the Cosmic Bar Code of Gas Around a Black Hole
CXC
14 Jan 00
Chandra Discovers X-ray Source at the Center of Our Galaxy
CXC