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A Picture of the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole
The biggest reveal in human history: an image of the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
Friday Nite Videos | April 12, 2019
Why This Black Hole Photo Is Such a Big Deal
What it took to collect these 54-million-year-old photons from a supermassive black hole
What Are Gravitational Waves?
Two black holes, each about 30 times as massive as our sun orbited each other for millions of years. An instant before they collided they sent a gravitational shiver across the universe. LIGO scientist Amber L. Stuver explains. Animation by Eoin Duffy.
Gravitational Waves: The Inside Story
Gravitational Waves From a Dance of Black Holes
Two black holes, about 29 times and 36 times the mass of our sun, collide in this computer visualization of the event that provided the first direct evidence that black holes exist, can exist in a pair, and can collide and merge. Read more.
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