black hole

as in emptiness
empty space discovered that there was a black hole in the library's collection with regard to her topic

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Recent Examples of black hole Chown’s book is primarily a chronicle of the researchers who helped make black holes believable, not just for the Einsteins but for everyone else. Katrina Miller, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025 Tracking changes in a black hole over time In 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope announced the first direct image ever taken of a black hole at the center of an elliptical galaxy, Messier 87 (M87), located in the constellation of Virgo some 55 million light-years away. Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025 Not a black hole kind of nothing, which can be mathematically measured and verified. Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2025 So far, the VLT has allowed astronomers to trace orbits of stars in the nearest vicinity of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, taken the first ever image of a planet outside the solar system and uncovered the elusive cosmic web that sprawls across the entire cosmos. Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 18 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for black hole
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Noun
  • The Celtics have one vacancy on their 15-man roster, and Peterson is a candidate to have his contract converted into a permanent spot.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 14 Feb. 2025
  • While Charlotte, like other cities, struggles with alarming vacancies of old office buildings, Scacco says demand is growing for high-end spaces as dwindling options fill up.
    Alexandria Sands, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The regime of 1984 erases the old truths in order to fill the void with new ones.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The Hurricanes’ top four receivers and top tight end have all departed, and Miami has brought in one wide receiver, C.J. Daniels, to fill the void.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The story that scholars have put together is incomplete due to inconsistent recordkeeping, but the search to fill in the blanks is ongoing.
    Frances MacDougall, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Mayers, 36, claims the firearm in his hand that night was a prop gun, only capable of firing blanks.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025

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