black holes

plural of black hole
as in vacancies
empty space discovered that there was a black hole in the library's collection with regard to her topic

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Recent Examples of black holes The first of 10,000 missing black holes in the Omega Centauri globular cluster has been found thanks to teamwork by the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 July 2026 For example, neutron stars and black holes register as piano notes, while Hubble optical imagery becomes the gentle strum of an acoustic guitar. Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 4 July 2026 The observatory was named for fast-flying swift birds due to its ability to pivot rapidly to look at cosmic events and afterglows, enabling the study of comets, gravitational waves and black holes over long periods of time. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 July 2026 Recent ideas suggest that little red dots could be black holes cocooned in thick gas, possibly representing a completely new type of object called a black hole star, in which the tight shroud of gas emits light like a stellar atmosphere. Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2026 Because black holes emit no visible light, astronomers rely on indirect methods to find them. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026 All the black holes observed in space are the products of natural processes and are very far away. Stephen Dikerby, The Conversation, 29 June 2026
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Noun
  • The promotions could put them in line to fill vacancies on the seven-member commission, which has been reduced to two by the corruption investigations.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • While headlines often focus on office vacancies or uncertainty in other property types, industrial space continues to benefit from strong underlying demand.
    Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • Speaking with Goldman Sachs’s Raj Mahajan at the firm’s Apex Symposium on June 2 — audio Fortune has exclusive, embargoed access to — Griffin filled in the blanks.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 July 2026
  • Couric then handed the virtual mic to Molner, who filled in some of his wife’s blanks.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • If these voids aren't filled with credible information, employees will interpret events themselves, often leading to rumors that may or may not be true.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Researchers found that the solar wind experiments created tiny voids within the mineral structure.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Seal cracks, gaps around doors and windows, gaps around garden hose pipes, and other entry points where ants may enter buildings.
    The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026
  • China, by comparison, is still working to close long-standing gaps in stealth, propulsion, sensors, and undersea warfare experience.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026

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