Beyond a certain region, not even light can escape the powerful tug of a black hole's gravity. And anything that ventures too close—be it star, planet, or spacecraft—will be stretched and ...

Astronomers have spotted the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen, spanning 23 million light-years in total length. That's equivalent to lining up 140 Milky Way galaxies back to back.

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A newly discovered, distant duo of black hole jets is the largest of its kind ever seen. Formed when the universe was less than half its current age, the pair collectively spewed the energy ...

Astronomers have discovered a black hole emitting energy in jets longer than the width of 140 Milky Way galaxies. An artist’s concept of Porphyrion, a jet of material 23 million light-years long ...

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While considered a mathematical possibility for many years, the first black hole wasn’t discovered until Cygnus X-1 in 1971. We now know that black holes occur frequently throughout the universe.

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If a black hole does not give away its existence — for instance, by ripping apart a star — it may remain undetected against the black of space. "The black holes we consider in our work are at ...

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