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An artist's impression of a runaway supermassive black hole that was ejected from its host galaxy.
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NASA, ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI)
The rogue super-massive black hole compresses gas in its wake, forming a long “contrail” of young, blue stars. This unusual event happened when the universe was approximately half its current age.

Physicists reconstruct the collision that launched a runaway black hole

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Golden State, Green State

A More Complete Account

‘Diverse and Pioneering’ Research
Footprints on a beach

Retracing His Steps

Spotting Cows From Space

Living Foams

Come One, Come All
A variety of reef fishes swim among the staghorn coral in Mo’orea, French Polynesia as a researcher swims overhead.

Crunching on Coral
A pair of red sea urchins settled among several of their smaller relatives, the purple sea urchin

The Sea Urchin Microbiome

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Capturing the Complex

The Volcano Down the Road
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