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An insider's view of how the massive black hole was discovered at the Galactic Center.

"An introduction to quasars and black holes with information about their formation and characteristics. Includes diagrams, fun facts, a glossary, a resource lis

Measuring the spin distribution of supermassive black holes is of critical importance for understanding how these black holes and their host galaxies form and e

What happens when something is sucked into a black hole? Does it disappear? Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking claimed it did, and in do