Astronomics
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New research suggests winds of change blow even for black holesNew Alberta-led research has discovered black holes are girded by electromagnetic winds that not only influence how the super-dense interstellar bodies gobble up anything that gets too close but also how they affect vast areas of space around them.ScienceJan 22, 2018
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U of A astronomers discover closest known star in orbit of a black holeIn a neighbourhood of our galaxy, some 15,000 light years away, a white dwarf star travelling 5,000,000 km/h is suspected to be orbiting a black hole just 2.5 times the distance of Earth to our sun.ScienceMar 16, 2017
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