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Astronomers may have found the most massive black hole in universe

Gargantuan object is around 36 million times more massive than our sun

The Independent UK

The biggest black hole ever seen? Scientists find one with mass of 36 billion suns

Scientists have tapped into gravitational lensing and stellar dynamics to confirm the existence of a black hole with 36 billion solar masses.

Space

A laser-propelled mini spacecraft could travel to a nearby black hole, astrophysicist says

A bold new proposal envisions launching laser-propelled nanocraft to a nearby black hole to test Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.

Space

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Starmer opens door to income tax rise in autumn Budget as pressure to fill £50bn hole mounts

Labour prime minister pledged that plans to be set out in the autumn would make ‘sure people feel better off’

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves 'to hit taxpayers' as £51bn black hole found in public finances

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves is set to impose yet more misery on taxpayers, according to a new report which found that there is a £51 billion black…

The National (Scotland)

Chancellor warned ‘tax rises needed to fill £51bn black hole in public finances’

Niesr said Rachel Reeves is facing an ‘impossible trilemma’ and will likely need to resort to tax rises in the autumn budget.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves faces ‘impossible trilemma’ and must raise taxes or cut spending to plug £50bn black hole

Leading economists say the chancellor may have to raise taxes, cut public spending or tear up her fiscal rules

The Independent UK

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Meet ‘lite intermediate black holes,’ the supermassive black hole’s smaller, much more mysterious cousin

Black holes are massive, strange and incredibly powerful astronomical objects. Scientists know that supermassive black holes reside in the centers of most galaxies.

The Conversation

NASA unveils 9 stunning snapshots of the cosmos in X-ray vision: Space photo of the week

Scientists have released nine dazzling images from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, blending data with the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes to reveal black holes, star clusters and distant galaxies like never before.

LiveScience

Exotic 'blazar' is part of most extreme double black hole system ever found, crooked jet suggests

A beam of particles speeding away from a monstrous black hole is severely kinked, suggesting that the black hole is actually part of the most extreme binary system known.

Space

Did 'primordial' black holes born right after the Big Bang help our universe's 1st stars form?

New research suggests that primordial black holes could have played an important role in the formation of the universe's first stars, but did they help or hinder?

Space

See the universe's rarest type of black hole slurp up a star in stunning animation

Astronomers believe they have spotted an elusive intermediate-mass black hole shredding a distant star, and they have re-created the stellar murder in a stunning new animation.

LiveScience

Tax rises would force up prices for customers, retailers warn Reeves

There are growing questions over how the government will fill a black hole in the public finances at the next budget

The Independent UK

'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' is a love letter to the Space Age we always dreamed of

From rocketships and exoplanets, to FTL and black holes, there's something for every space fan in Marvel's "The Fantastic Four: First Steps."

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James Webb Space Telescope finds black holes that waited patiently before devouring stars in dusty galaxies

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers hunted supermassive black holes devouring stars in dusty galaxies — but laying in wait for their stellar victims.

The Independent UK

Free childcare crisis as surge in demand leaves Labour with funding black hole

Exclusive: Education secretary Bridget Phillipson insists she is unafraid of scheme’s soaraway popularity, describing it as a ‘good problem to have’

Space

Scientists look to black holes to know exactly where we are in the Universe. But phones and wifi are blocking the view

Scientists working to study black holes use specific radio frequencies to track black holes, the same frequencies often used by phones and wifi.

Space

Rogue black hole found terrorizing unfortunate star in distant galaxy

The Hubble Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory saw an enigmatic intermediate-mass black hole lighting up in X-rays, potentially revealing a way of finding more of them in the future.

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Evening Standard

Scientists spot the biggest black hole merger ever seen: Your tech and science digest

These are the most groundbreaking stories from the new frontier of science and technology right now

Space

This star escaped a supermassive black hole's violent grips — then returned for round 2

A death-defying star survived destruction by a ravenous supermassive black hole in a tidal disruption event, and came back to let the cosmic titan take another bite!

Space

NASA's Roman Space Telescope could discover 100,000 new cosmic explosions: 'We're definitely expecting the unexpected'

Supernovas, kilonovas, gamma-ray bursts... oh my! The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will uncover 100,000 of these explosions and many more powerful and violent cosmic events.

The Independent UK

Scientists detect record-sized merger of black holes

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The Independent UK

Scientists measure largest ever collision of two black holes

Scientists say the two black holes merged after colliding at speeds near the limit allowed by Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity

LiveScience

'Ice cube' clouds discovered at the galaxy's center shouldn't exist — and they hint at a recent black hole explosion

Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the "Fermi bubbles" contain inexplicable clouds of cold hydrogen, new research reveals. They could help scientists figure out when our galaxy's black hole last erupted.

Space

JWST finds unusual black hole in the center of the Infinity Galaxy: 'How can we make sense of this?'

Everything about the Infinity Galaxy, recently discovered by the JWST, is strange. One odd feature could be the 1st evidence of a "direct collapse" black hole.

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