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Astronomers Witness the Birth of a Black Hole for the First Time as Star Winks Out of Existence
Astronomers Witness the Birth of a Black Hole for the First Time as Star Winks Out of Existence

Astronomers have watched as a massive, dying star was likely reborn as a black hole. It took the combined power of the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), and NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes to go looking for remnants of the vanquished star, only to find that it disappeared out of

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