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A distant black hole is born, and astronomers watch it happen

At the center of an average joe galaxy 300 million light-years away, something has just happened that has astronomers at the edge of their seats. Suddenly, a supermassive black hole inhabiting the center of a distant galaxy has come to life. The galaxy, SDSS1335+0728, is otherwise unremarkable, and even the supermassive black hole at theContinue reading “A distant black hole is born, and astronomers watch it happen”

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