as in emptiness
empty space
discovered that there was a black hole in the library's collection with regard to her topic
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The telescope has revealed that supermassive black holes nestle at the heart of most large galaxies, Jupiter’s icy moon Europa may be shooting plumes of water out into space and, in the distant future, our Milky Way galaxy will likely collide with our neighbor, Andromeda.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2025
In fact, even Messier 104's central supermassive black hole—which is more than 2,000 times larger than its counterpart in the Milky Way, Sagittarius A, at a staggering 9 billion solar masses—is quite calm.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Rotating black holes Some black holes, however, rotate in a different direction than the accretion disk around them.
—David Garofalo, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
While it is packed with stars and hosts a supermassive black hole — which at nine billion solar masses is more than 2,000 times more massive than the Milky Way's central black hole — it is considered a calm galaxy.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2025
In fact, even Messier 104's central supermassive black hole—which is more than 2,000 times larger than its counterpart in the Milky Way, Sagittarius A, at a staggering 9 billion solar masses—is quite calm.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Rotating black holes Some black holes, however, rotate in a different direction than the accretion disk around them.
—David Garofalo, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
While it is packed with stars and hosts a supermassive black hole — which at nine billion solar masses is more than 2,000 times more massive than the Milky Way's central black hole — it is considered a calm galaxy.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Apartment industry officials in Colorado have defended the use of algorithms as a means to manage vacancy rates and lower prices.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
29 Apr. 2025
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The model includes hiring additional background investigators, expanding academy classes and increasing advertisements to match the need for filling vacancies.—
Thomas Goodwin Smith,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Apr. 2025
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But the intended fix, local homelike centers, hasn't filled the void.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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The departures of Kobe Johnson and Lazar Stefanovic have created a void that Dailey might fill.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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There was an argument to hold Palmer until now, despite his run of blanks over the last few gameweeks, as the fixtures for Chelsea were good.—
Abdul Rehman,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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As users lose confidence in what models are doing — and why — they’re left to fill in the blanks with suspicion.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Black hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20hole. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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