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Recent Examples of black holes
Many scientists praised the film, particularly for its depiction of black holes.
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Regina G. Barber, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
The team aims to continue investigating feeding black holes and their messy eating habits with XRISM, but recent NASA budget cuts could threaten such exploration of these systems.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Most of the parent black holes in merger events originally form from stars that have reached the end of their lives—these are stellar mass black holes.
—Bill Smith, JSTOR Daily, 4 Sep. 2025
The fear lingers because black holes are spooky and the machine is enormous, but the science and the decade-plus of safe running don’t support doomsday.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
There’s also the idea that there could have been a population of primordial black holes, or black holes that formed shortly after the Big Bang itself.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
Regina G. Barber, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
The team aims to continue investigating feeding black holes and their messy eating habits with XRISM, but recent NASA budget cuts could threaten such exploration of these systems.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Most of the parent black holes in merger events originally form from stars that have reached the end of their lives—these are stellar mass black holes.
—Bill Smith, JSTOR Daily, 4 Sep. 2025
The fear lingers because black holes are spooky and the machine is enormous, but the science and the decade-plus of safe running don’t support doomsday.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
There’s also the idea that there could have been a population of primordial black holes, or black holes that formed shortly after the Big Bang itself.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for black holes
Noun
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To conduct these surveys, the office sent questionnaires about vacancies to each of the 139 facilities.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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But Grassley has firmly resisted calls to abandon blue slips, noting that Republicans used the same mechanism to block former President Joe Biden’s nominees, in some cases preserving vacancies that Trump is now attempting to fill.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In an effort to ensure gun saftey on set, the show used fake muzzle flashes on set without using blanks or explosives.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Mum was the word from Stafford, leaving others to fill in the blanks.—
Jay Paris,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Those voids are created in two main ways.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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While established names from the local reggae scene headline the main stage, Bohannon continues to build space for emerging talent and bridging generational and cultural gaps across Kansas City’s evolving creative landscape.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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The new laws aim to address gaps in disaster preparedness by improving camp safety and streamlining the emergency response.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Black holes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20holes. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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