Each February, people across Canada participate in Black History Month events and celebrations that honour the legacy and contributions of Black people in Canada and their communities. The 2025 theme ...

The Euclid space mission of the European Space Agency has spotted an Einstein ring in the galaxy NGC 6505, just 590 million ...

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Scientists have proposed a new type of dark matter called ultra self-interacting dark matter to explain how supermassive black holes grew quickly. Unlike regular dark matter, this type interacts ...

Expect the unexpected In this artist’s rendering, a stream of matter trails a white dwarf orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927+654’s supermassive black hole. (Courtesy: ...

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Supermassive black holes, regions of space where the pull of gravity is so intense that even light doesn't have enough energy to escape, are often considered terrors of the known universe.