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Supermassive black hole commits interstellar homicide to star

Belfast - A supermassive black hole has been caught red-handed in its interstellar homicide of a star that wandered too close. NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer and the Pan-STARRS1 telescope brought forth evidence of the star's remains.

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Black hole devours star one million times the mass of our sun

Washington - Two studies are researching a supermassive black hole that devoured a star that ventured too close to the monster. The star was one million times the mass of our sun and light from the ordeal took 3.9 billion years to reach Earth.

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Scientists discover the universe's oldest, largest mass of water

Pasadena - Astronomers at the University of Maryland have discovered the largest and oldest mass of water in the universe. It's a 12-billion-year-old cloud located near a supermassive black hole and contains 140 trillion times more water than Earth's oceans.

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A black hole's quasar is seen jetting out a galaxy

Which existed first — galaxies or the supermassive black holes at their centers? European Southern Observatory (ESO) astronomers have observed evidence that black holes precede, give birth to and merge with their host galaxies.

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How Do Supermassive Black Holes Get So Big?

New research suggests that the supermassive black holes at the cores of some galaxies could grow so large by consuming one star from a binary system and flinging the other into space.

'Starbursts' yield cosmic giants

Astronomers say that areas of frantic star formation in the Universe's early days fed supermassive black holes, and led to the largest galaxies we see.

Far-flung galaxy's carbon signal

Astronomers detect vast amounts of gas and dust, including a strong carbon signal, in the galaxy that contains the most distant supermassive black hole known to science.

'Spewing' black holes can prevent the births of stars

The most massive and powerful black holes prevent the birth of stars in their galaxy, researchers say.

Black hole 'vaporising asteroids'

For years scientists have been trying to explain the reason why a giant black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has bright flares coming out from its centre.