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"This is a real gift for physicists as we confirm predictions made more than a century ago." ...

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Astronomers are learning more about the origins of supermassive black holes after new data is revealed from a 20-year-long mission.

Scientists observed a spinning black hole dragging space and time as it tore apart a star, confirming a key prediction of Einstein’s theory of relativity ...

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New observations suggest that the relationship between light emitted by quasars has changed over cosmic time, hinting that ...