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Astronomers Suspect Colliding Supermassive Black Holes Left the Universe Awash in Gravitational Waves
The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...
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‘Megastructure’ 32 Times Bigger Than Our Milky Way Found, Scientists Say
South African MeerKAT radio telescope ... Scientists think the jets are powered by supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies. It's been nicknamed “Inkathazo”—meaning trouble ...
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A giant radio galaxy could be home to almost 30 Milky Way galaxies
Giant radio galaxies (GRGs) are massive, with plasma jets powered by supermassive black holes at their centers, stretching ...
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South African telescope discovers a giant galaxy that’s 32 times bigger than Earth’s
In some cases, the black hole will even spew jets of plasma ... However, a new generation of radio telescopes, including South Africa’s MeerKAT, have turned this idea on its head: in the ...
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MeerKAT confirms the gravitational wave background of the universe in record time
The MeerKat radio array is a collection of 64 antennas ... We still need more data to prove they are generated by binary black holes in the Milky Way. But now that we have two observational ...