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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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So what’s behind all of these vacancies?—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2026
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Job postings without current vacancies would also be allowed only if the employer had hired at least six employees for similar roles in the prior year.—
Michelle Travis,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Resist the urge to fill in the blanks — the moon will oppose Neptune and Saturn, creating tension and confusion around what’s real and what’s merely projection.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
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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
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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Keep your dishwasher clean, and close obvious gaps to prevent rodents.—
Kate Van Pelt,
The Spruce,
22 May 2026
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Chris Richards, from Alabama, is an uncompromising defender whose Afro towers above the back line and whose lankiness masks a quickness that covers gaps in the American half.—
Leander Schaerlaeckens,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Black holes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20holes. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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