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black hole

[blak hohl] / ˈblæk ˈhoʊl /
NOUN
abyss
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In other cases, the black hole appears relatively quiet for months or even years before suddenly producing a detectable radio outflow.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

When a supermassive black hole tears apart a star, it sometimes produces a powerful jet almost immediately.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

As material spirals toward a black hole, not all of it necessarily disappears beyond the event horizon, the boundary past which nothing can escape.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

That gives scientists an unusual opportunity to track how a giant black hole responds as its supply of material changes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

It wasn’t the warm darkness that the spirits in the club had been—more of a void, like she was looking into the depths of a black hole.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older


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