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Black Hole–Star Encounter Likely Triggered Peculiar Supernova SN 2023zkd

A CfA, MIT-led paper credits months-ahead AI detection for enabling crucial follow-up with telescopes to reveal a black hole companion’s imprint on the supernova’s light curve.

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Record 225-Solar-Mass Black Hole Merger Confirmed by LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Network

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ESA's Integral Gamma-Ray Telescope Concludes Historic 22-Year Mission