What's Weirder Than a Black Hole? Maybe a Naked One
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Some black holes may not be black at all, but "naked singularities."
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One of the world's most bizarre scientific collections has gone on show.
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Scientists find an enormous empty swath in space. How does it change what we know about the origins of the universe?
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A bizarre scenario takes theories of modern cosmology to the limit.
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Scientists have obtained their best measurement yet of the size and contents of a neutron star, an ultra-dense object containing the strangest and rarest matter in the Universe.
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By Cheryl Winkelman, STAFF WRITER  We are not alone in the universe if the numerous sightings of unidentified flying objects are to be believed.
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MADISON - Peering backward in time to an instant after the big bang, physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised an approach that may help unlock the hidden shapes of alternate dimensions of the universe.
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Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful events in the universe, temporary outshining several galaxies and likely signaling the birth of a black hole.
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A swirling space observatory has been launched to scan the universe for explosions that some believe are the birth of black holes.
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Astronomers have discovered something they've never seen before: a star with a tail like a comet.
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Astronomers think they have found a rare if not unique black hole very near the center of the Milky Way. That would make two of the beasts in that part of the galaxy.
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AUSTIN, Texas &mdash; The most massive black hole in the universe tips the cosmic scales at 18 billion times more massive than the sun, astronomers suggest today at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
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Cambridge University -- Scientists have pieced together the journey of a bundle of doomed matter as it orbited a black hole four times, an observational first. Their technique provides a new method to measure the mass of a black hole; and this may enable the testing of Einstein's theory of gravity to a degree few thought possible...
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"It's like a bully, a black-hole bully punching the nose of a passing galaxy"  The latest act of senseless violence caught on tape is cosmic in scope: A black hole in a "death star galaxy" blasting a neighboring galaxy with a deadly jet of radiation and energy. via Freerepublic.com
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The most distant black hole ever found is nearly 13 billion light-years from Earth, astronomers announced today.
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Astronomers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center are testing a strangely-shaped mirror that will allow them to explore the Universe using super-energetic X-rays.