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To ‘Infinity’ and beyond — a look at a newborn black hole

Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and a team of researchers have discovered an object in space they call the “Infinity” galaxy — two recently-collided galaxies that, together, look like the symbol for ...
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To 'infinity' and beyond: Direct evidence of black hole birth found in galaxy named 'Infinity'

Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and a team of researchers have discovered an object in space they call the "Infinity" galaxy—two recently-collided galaxies that, together, look like the symbol for ...
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JWST finds unusual black hole in the center of the Infinity Galaxy: 'How can we make sense of this?'

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered an oddball galaxy, dubbed the Infinity Galaxy, that could be host to a "direct collapse black hole." That is, a black hole ...