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black hole

[blak hohl] / ˈblæk ˈhoʊl /
NOUN
abyss
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Fizzy, sugary drinks were sweet, festive and a nutritional black hole.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

University of Maryland astronomers have identified a dormant supermassive black hole positioned far from the center of its host galaxy.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

Only three months later, it identified the event that led them to the wandering black hole.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

Its mass is comparable to that of the supermassive black hole located at the center of the Milky Way.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

The zero of a black hole is a singularity, an open wound in the fabric of the universe.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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