Supercomputers Shed New Light on Black Hole Mysteries

The mystery surrounding black holes–objects with such incredibly dense mass and powerful gravitational forces that even light itself can’t escape from them–makes them almost mythic in stature in the realm of astronomy.

But with the help of supercomputers, researchers have been able to shed light on these fascinating objects, including recent discoveries that have overturned some long-held assumptions on the nature of black holes and how they impact materials in space.

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