black hole
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This object is powered by a supermassive black hole with a mass about 12 billion times that of the sun.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
“The United States should stop casting people into the black hole of El Salvador’s prison system,” Goebertus said.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026
The government also agreed to finance up to £59.9m in emergency support, to help fill a black hole in the budget.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
Astronomers generally expect neutron star and black hole pairs to settle into circular orbits long before they merge.
From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026
The curvature goes off to infinity because the black hole takes up zero space; the star has torn a hole in space-time.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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