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Researchers from Columbia University announced a new and potentially easier way to study black holes.

Frank Wilczek has a special fondness for rainbows.

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At the center of the Milky Way galaxy is a massive, mysterious presence exerting a powerful influence on the stars around it — and on the imaginations of astronomers.

Black holes are among the most profound predictions of Einstein’s theory of general relativity. Originally studied as a mere mathematical consequence of the theory rather than as physically relevant objects, they soon became thought of as generic and sometimes inevitable outcomes of the gravitational collapse that initially forms a galaxy.

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They can help unearth plants or tell us about the most distant objects in the universe.

Black holes are some of the most fascinating objects in the universe.

The Sun could act as a big magnifier for finding out if a rocky planet has the right ingredients for life.