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Supermassive black hole’s high spin rate provides a direct clue as to how it grew

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For the first time, scientists have measured the spin of a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy – a measurement that could help explain how these objects got so large. Supermassive black holes are thought to occupy the center of virtually every galaxy in the universe. They…

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NASA finds ‘bonanza’ of millions of new black holes

New black holes spotted by NASA's WISE telescope. Photo: Public domain, courtesy of NASA.

NASA said Wednesday they’d discovered a “bonanza” of new black holes, possibly up to 2.5 million of them, using the new Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) telescope. “WISE has exposed a menagerie of hidden objects,” Hashima Hasan, WISE program scientist, said in a media advisory. “We’ve found an asteroid dancing…

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