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Recent Examples of black holes
The researchers now plan to apply the same technique to more systems, which could eventually reveal how black holes inject energy into the cosmos in real time.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
In particular, triggering a bolt seems to require extreme events more typically associated with supernovas, black holes, and particle colliders than with fluffy clouds.
—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
Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
In particular, triggering a bolt seems to require extreme events more typically associated with supernovas, black holes, and particle colliders than with fluffy clouds.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for black holes
Noun
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The City Council had two vacancies because of resignations earlier this year.—
Josh Davis,
Baltimore Sun,
11 May 2026
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In other recent vacancies, the city opened applications to the public.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
11 May 2026
Noun
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If the CC&Rs do not answer the question, the Davis-Stirling Act fills in the blanks.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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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
Noun
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The cosmic web is the term scientists use to describe a skeleton-like framework of filaments and sheets of dark matter and gas along which galaxies gathered and evolved over time, which is punctuated by nearly empty voids.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
15 May 2026
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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
Noun
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That means closing gaps quickly, improving leadership alignment and ensuring teams are focused on what drives results.—
Sue Mysko,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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One of the most glaring gaps lies between the infrared and millimeter-wavelength radio observations, but the Probe Far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) would fill much of it.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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“Black holes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20holes. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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