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 remainder are quasars, dominated by actively feeding supermassive black holes. Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025 Both odd radio circles are in galaxies that sit within larger clusters of galaxies, meaning the jets launching from their supermassive black holes interact with surrounding hot plasma that could help shape the radio rings, Hota said. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025 But waves at much higher frequencies, produced by phenomena like primordial black holes or processes in the early universe, have remained elusive. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025 Researchers say this new snapshot offers the clearest evidence yet that binary black holes, essentially two gravitational titans bound together, truly exist. Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025 Cosmic Fudge Factor The story starts with Albert Einstein, whose theory of general relativity predicted the existence of black holes. Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2025
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Noun
  • Despite this, some have questioned whether Saban is truly done with coaching if the right opportunity presents itself, particularly after premier jobs like the Florida Gators and Penn State vacancies ended up opening up.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The loss has resulted in immigration cases being delayed as far out as 2029, NPR previously reported, as vacancies increase despite open job postings to fill roles in those courts.
    NPR, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • An episode featuring Brody’s real-life wife Leighton Meester tries to fill in some backstory blanks, as does an episode that spells out how Joanne’s parents’ divorce impacted her.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But an engine fueled by filling in the blanks isn’t built to last, and these dots, once connected, prove tacky and sour (especially without Pennywise, who’s notably absent for most of the season).
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The package implements health certification requirements, voids contracts between brokers and consumers that require deposits and bans brokers from selling animals in the state.
    Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In total, nearly 12 tons of grout — approximately 1,740 gallons — have been pumped into the famous ocher walls to fill existing voids.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Funding cliff The children wasting away, day by day, don’t have time to wait for funding gaps to be filled.
    Rebecca Wright, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Jupiter was shaping Earth's fate before our planet even existed, carving gaps in the early solar system that kept its building blocks from plunging into the sun, a new study finds.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2025

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