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black hole

[blak hohl] / ˈblæk ˈhoʊl /
NOUN
abyss
Synonyms


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Unlike a single black hole, a black hole binary is constantly changing.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

"The prospect of identifying inspiraling supermassive black hole binaries years before future space-based gravitational wave detectors come online is extremely exciting," concludes Professor Kocsis.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Every time she hands her children over to their father, she said, it feels like they’re being sucked into a black hole.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

"This work has the potential to explain the magnetic dynamics relevant in, for example, neutron star mergers and black hole formation, with direct applications to multimessenger astronomy," Tripathi says.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

And if heaven was on the other side of a black hole, dead people would have to be fired into space on rockets to .get there, and they aren’t or people would notice.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon




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