Hubble Sees Dark Shadows That Could Be Cast by a Supermassive Black Hole

Hubble Sees Dark Shadows That Could Be Cast by a Supermassive Black Hole
By Evan Gough

We use the term ‘supermassive black hole’ with a kind of casual familiarity. But stop and think about what they really are: Monstrous, beguiling singularities where the understood laws of physics and cosmology are brought to their knees. A region where gravity is so powerful that it warps everything around it, drawing material in—even light …

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November 25, 2020 at 04:10AM
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