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Recent Examples of black holes
In particular, triggering a bolt seems to require extreme events more typically associated with supernovas, black holes, and particle colliders than with fluffy clouds.
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Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2026
Modeling everything from the intricate, multi-phase structure of gas to the powerful winds blown out by massive stars and black holes is a huge challenge.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 4 May 2026
Visible filaments often emerge from supermassive black holes.
—Big Think, 4 May 2026
These jets can help scientists better understand how black holes help shape galaxies and other cosmic structures through large-scale shocks and turbulence.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Hungry black holes are the hidden architects of the cosmos.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
The researchers propose that these binaries likely form in crowded regions like globular clusters, where many stars and black holes interact.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2026
Modeling everything from the intricate, multi-phase structure of gas to the powerful winds blown out by massive stars and black holes is a huge challenge.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 4 May 2026
Visible filaments often emerge from supermassive black holes.
—Big Think, 4 May 2026
These jets can help scientists better understand how black holes help shape galaxies and other cosmic structures through large-scale shocks and turbulence.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Hungry black holes are the hidden architects of the cosmos.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
The researchers propose that these binaries likely form in crowded regions like globular clusters, where many stars and black holes interact.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for black holes
Noun
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There are currently 217 republicans, 212 democrats, one independent and five vacancies in the House.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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The goal is to have no vacancies at any of the Elevate schools.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That’s also a long story, which Hokum eventually gets around to filling in the blanks.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
30 Apr. 2026
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Unbeknownst to Lydia, the gun is loaded with blanks.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The claim, remember, is that these cosmic voids are completely empty of normal matter, dark matter, and emit no detectable radiation of any kind.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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Schoen used void years sparingly early in his tenure, but the Giants are one of the few teams currently with no contracts containing voids.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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At smaller hospitals like Winona Health, those savings can fill gaps left by Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements, which often don’t cover the full cost of providing that care.—
Dené K. Dryden,
Twin Cities,
8 May 2026
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To close persistent gender gaps in nursing, leaders must invest in accessible funding for nurses’ education, expand outreach to men, and amplify men working in nursing as mentors to future applicants.—
Nicholas A. Giordano,
STAT,
8 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Black holes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20holes. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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