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NASA Telescope Discovers 10 Supermassive Black Holes

NASA’s “black-hole-hunter” spacecraft, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has serendipitously discovered its first 10 supermassive black holes.
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NASA’s “black-hole-hunter” spacecraft, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has serendipitously discovered its first 10 supermassive black holes. These discoveries are the first of hundreds expected from the NuSTAR mission over the next two years. 

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