Astounding simulation shows magnetic fields create fluffy, not flat, accretion disks around supermassive black holes, ...

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Credit: SXS (Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes) Project Black hole mergers are beautiful — and some of the most violent events in the cosmos. Here's how the process unfolds. The story begins with ...

But the Webb may have just identified a solution to the dilemma as well. It has spotted a black hole that appears to have ...

Black hole mergers are beautiful — and some of the most violent events in the cosmos. Here's how the process unfolds. The story begins with two black holes orbiting far from each other in long ...