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Black holes are one of the most mysterious cosmological phenomena out there. Astrophysicist Priya Natarajan calls them "the point where all known laws of physics break down."
On the list of perplexing qualities: The origins of supermassive black holes. That story was only confirmed within the last year.
Check out more of our series Space Camp on the weird and mysterious in space at npr.org/spacecamp.
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On the list of perplexing qualities: The origins of supermassive black holes. That story was only confirmed within the last year.
Check out more of our series Space Camp on the weird and mysterious in space at npr.org/spacecamp.
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