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James Webb Space Telescope finds rare figure-8 galaxy with a black hole forming at its heart

James Webb Space Telescope finds rare figure-8 galaxy with a black hole forming at its heart

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In a discovery that sounds straight out of science fiction, astronomers have spotted a galaxy shaped like the infinity symbol and nestled in its luminous heart may be the first directly observed newborn supermassive black hole. This cosmic twist was uncovered by a team led by Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum, who dubbed the galaxy […]

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Dark matter mystery: Why there is no light yet after decades of search

Dark matter mystery: Why there is no light yet after decades of search

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In 1933, Swiss astrophysicist Fritz Zwicky was observing the Coma Cluster — a massive congregation of galaxies about 300 million light-years away — when he noticed something odd. The galaxies were swirling around each other far too fast. According to the visible matter in the cluster, they should have flown apart long ago. “There must […]

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