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James Webb telescope uncovers 1st-ever 'Einstein zig-zag' hiding in plain sight — and it could help save cosmology

A new JWST study has revealed the true origins of a luminous quasar that has been duplicated six times as its light "zig-zags" through space-time via a phenomenon first predicted by Albert Einstein. The unusual light show could help tackle one of cosmology's biggest problems, experts claim.

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Egg-shaped galaxies may be aligned to the black holes at their hearts, astronomers find

Black holes don’t have many identifying features. They come in one colour (black) and one shape (spherical).

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James Webb Space Telescope sees lonely supermassive black hole-powered quasars in the early universe

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered lonely quasars in the early universe, with "empty larders" that defy theories surrounding their growth to monster sizes.

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Ancient supermassive black hole is blowing galaxy-killing wind, James Webb Space Telescope finds

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the earliest supermassive black hole-driven quasar wind ever seen, pushing away matter at 6,000 times the speed of sound and killing its host galaxy.

Space

How black-hole-powered quasars killed off neighboring galaxies in the early universe

Using the Dark Energy Camera, astronomers discovered that black-hole-powered quasars in the early universe lived in dense neighborhoods, but were "bad neighbors."

Space

James Webb Space Telescope photographs jeweled ring in the cosmos in one of its best discoveries to date

Did you know gravity can create lenses, and Einstein predicted it? Here's one the JSWT saw!

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James Webb telescope spies bejeweled 'Einstein ring' made of warped quasar light

New photos from the James Webb Space Telescope show off the bewitching beauty of the warped quasar RX J1131-1231, which is adorned with four bright spots birthed by mind-bending space-time trickery.

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James Webb Space Telescope sees an ancient black hole dance with colliding galaxies

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have witnessed the dramatic dance between a supermassive black hole-powered quasar and merging galaxies less than a billion years after the Big Bang.

Space

What are blazars?

Discover the fascinating world of blazars: their discovery, formation, and the science behind these energetic cosmic phenomena.

Space

Quasars are 'cosmic signposts' pointing to rare supermassive black hole pairs

New research suggests that galaxies with quasars at their active hearts are seven times more likely to harbor elusive supermassive black hole binary paintings than other galaxies.

Space

This impossibly massive black hole wasn't very hungry during the dawn of time

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered an improbably huge black hole near the dawn of time, which doesn't seem to be eating near as much as it should.

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This impossibly massive black hole wasn't very hungry during the dawn of time

The James Webb Space Telescope saw a supermassive black hole that wasn't overfeeding when time began, deepening the mystery of how black hole grew so massive so quickly.

Space

Supermassive black hole winds blowing at 36 million miles per hour can sculpt entire galaxies

Astronomers have measured supermassive black hole winds that existed when the universe was less than a billion years old, showing how these cosmic titans shape galaxies.

Space

Astronomers discover the 1st-ever merging galaxy cores at cosmic dawn

Two superluminous quasars, or active black holes at the centers of large galaxies, were found just 900 million years after the Big Bang — the earliest detection of a pair of merging quasars ever seen.

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How 2 quasars at the dawn of time could be a Rosetta stone for the early universe

The two active supermassive black holes are the most distant pair of quasars ever seen and shed more light on how the universe transformed into what it is today.

Space

At the heart of this distant galaxy lies not 1, but 2 jet-blasting black holes

The two black holes at the heart of the galaxy OJ 287 are true behemoths with masses of 18.35 billion and 150 million times the mass of our Sun.

Space

Hubble Telescope maps high-speed 'burps' from nearby feeding supermassive black hole for 1st time

Hubble has mapped the outflow "burps" of a nearby feeding supermassive black hole-powered quasar for the first time, measuring speeds of 6.5 million mph, around 8,500 times the speed of sound.

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James Webb telescope measures the starlight around the universe's biggest, oldest black holes for 1st time ever

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have separated the light of a quasar from the light of its surrounding stars, offering unprecedented insight into how the universe's oldest black holes grew.

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James Webb Space Telescope suggests supermassive black holes grew from heavy cosmic 'seeds'

The mystery of how early universe supermassive black holes grew so quickly may be solved, with the James Webb Space Telescope finding the first evidence of "heavy seeds."

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User claims RTX 4090 16-pin power connector melted on both GPU and PSU side, despite running at 75% power

A user on the Korean Quasar Zone forums recounts how the 16-pin power connectors on his RTX 4090 and FSP Hydro power supply melted.

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Monster black hole seen feeding on nearby matter just 1 billion years after Big Bang (photos)

The robotic telescopes of the Virtual Telescope Project have observed a quasar powered by a supermassive black hole 3 billion times as massive as the sun at the very edge of the universe

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The "infinite ammo, never reload" Helldivers 2 loadout has made fighting the Automatons so much more fun that I can never go back

Opinion | Have you met our lord and savior LAS-16?

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Helldivers 2's Quasar Cannon becomes even more of a fan-favorite as players realize it one-shots bot ships of every flavor, including the new Gunships

We have a new popular Stratagem

GamesRadar

Helldivers 2's new Quasar Cannon Stratagem is a hit, and you can tell players truly love it because they're already begging Arrowhead not to nerf it

Weapons don't get much more democratic than this

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They fly now too? Helldivers 2 warns players that Automatons are developing 'aerial gunships,' so Super Earth is countering with 'our most effective anti-air weaponry'

Start warming up your Quasar Cannons.

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