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Recent Examples of black holes
That matters because the gas inside galaxy clusters constantly radiates energy away in X-rays and should gradually cool over time, and scientists suspect energy released by supermassive black holes, known as AGN feedback, helps reheat that gas and prevent runaway cooling.
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 May 2026
Several other similar observatories have come online since then to glimpse hundreds of additional events, but all this activity represents a narrow range of gravitational waves—those created when neutron stars or relatively small black holes collide.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
On much larger scales, similar jets from supermassive black holes can heat surrounding gas, generate shock waves, stir turbulence, and even affect star formation across entire galaxies.
—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
Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 May 2026
Several other similar observatories have come online since then to glimpse hundreds of additional events, but all this activity represents a narrow range of gravitational waves—those created when neutron stars or relatively small black holes collide.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
On much larger scales, similar jets from supermassive black holes can heat surrounding gas, generate shock waves, stir turbulence, and even affect star formation across entire galaxies.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for black holes
Noun
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Seven vacancies will be kept open.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
18 May 2026
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Commissioner vacancies compound the staffing problem.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Noun
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The site may ask you to connect with a chat bot to fill in any blanks in your application.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026
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Thoughts race, filling in the blanks with worst-case scenarios.—
ByBryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
14 May 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 22 May. 2026.
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