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Black Hole Awakens; Mozart Lowers B.P.; Baby Planet Found

June 22, 2016

Scientists Observe Awakening of Dormant Super Massive Black Hole Scientists say that, in the known universe, about 90% of the biggest black holes are dormant, which means they aren’t ravenously devouring matter. Because they’re dormant these black holes aren’t pumping out radiation or any kind of light. But all it takes is for a star […]

Rhythmic Light Pulses Help Astronomers Accurately Measure Medium Sized Black Hole

August 18, 2014

Astronomers have calculated that there may be about 100 million black holes in the galaxy. And they mostly fall into two sizes… stellar and supermassive.  The size difference has to do with how much mass they contain versus that of our own sun or solar mass. For some time now, astronomers have also theorized that […]

Science Images of the Month

March 28, 2014

 

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