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Doomed star circling supermassive black hole could be ripped apart in less than 6 years

Every time this doomed star plunges through a supermassive black hole's accretion disk, it loses orbital energy and triggers a burst of X-rays.

Space

Hubble Telescope sees wandering black hole slurping up stellar spaghetti

Astronomers have caught a black hole far from the center of its galaxy ripping a star to shreds — offering for the first time evidence of a rogue supermassive black hole in action.

Space

Physicists create 'black hole bomb' for first time on Earth, validating decades-old theory

Physicists have created a model of a black hole bomb in the lab for the first time, verifying a theory first proposed more than 50 years ago.

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What can ripples in spacetime reveal about black holes? Quite a bit, it turns out

Cosmic echoes from some of the universe's most violent collisions are far more nuanced than scientists had realized, according to new research.

Space

Scientists use the JWST to study an extremely ancient galaxy piercing through the Cosmic Dark Ages

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have found an extremely ancient galaxy piercing through a thick blanket of cosmic fog in the distant universe.

Space

James Webb telescope reveals truth about 'impossible' black hole thought to be feeding at 40 times the theoretical limit

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to revisit a misunderstood black hole thought to be gulping matter 40 times faster than the theoretical limit. It turns out, dust may have obscured the truth.

LiveScience

James Webb Space Telescope finds a wild black hole growth spurt in galaxies at 'cosmic noon'

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered into galaxies that existed at cosmic noon to hunt ravenously feeding black holes and bursts of starbirth.

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Has the James Webb Space Telescope discovered a 'missing' supermassive black hole? (video)

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered "smoking gun" evidence of a hidden feeding supermassive black hole in a distant spiral galaxy.

Space

Lost in the Mail? This Genius Tracker Follows Your Package Across 1,200 Couriers

You click “buy now,” and you wait. And wait. And wait. Then comes the dreaded moment: your package is “in transit,” somewhere in a black hole between warehouses, airports, and customs. No updates. No explanation. Just radio silence.

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How did this ancient black hole get so big?

While it's much smaller than the largest supermassive black holes detected, it's still a whopper considering how early in the history of the universe it appeared.

Space

Ultralight dark matter may have helped monstrous black holes form in the early universe

The infant universe's population of huge black holes could owe itself to ultralight dark matter, scientists say.

Space

El Salvador Becoming 'Black Hole' For US Deportees, Critics Fear

Rights groups are increasingly worried that El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison is becoming a "black hole" for the United States to rid itself of expelled migrants or other unwanted people with no legal consequences.

International Business Times

Newly 'awakened' black hole is releasing 100 times more energy than scientists have ever seen before

The quasi-periodic eruptions of X-rays from a black hole 300 million light-years away are unlike any researchers have ever seen before.

LiveScience

Massive Black Hole 'Waking Up' In Virgo Constellation

A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up, shooting out intense X-ray flares at regular intervals that have puzzled scientists, a study said Friday.

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NASA spacecraft spots monster black hole bursting with X-rays 'releasing a hundred times more energy than we have seen elsewhere'

Astronomers have used space-based telescopes, including NASA's Swift X-ray observatory, to watch a monster black hole spring to life with powerful X-ray eruptions.

Space

Black holes as batteries: Could humanity ever harness the energy of these cosmic titans?

Black holes power some of the most energetic phenomena in the known universe, but could they ever power an advanced human civilisation?

Space

What is dark matter made of? New study bolsters case for 'primordial' black holes

In the early universe, primordial black holes could acquire a "dark charge," giving them an unnaturally long lifetime, new research suggests. This makes them an interesting candidate for dark matter.

Space

Extreme magnetic fields near our galaxy's black hole are preventing stars from being born, JWST discovers

New James Webb Space Telescope images of the stellar nursery Sgr C, near the galactic center, reveal why it contains fewer stars than expected.

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Welsh public services face £65m black hole due to tax hike, Senedd hears

Mark Drakeford, the Welsh Finance Secretary, said Rachel Reeves is ‘wrong’ to use the Barnett formula to distribute funding for public services.

Space

Incredible photo shows supermassive black hole blowing a jet of matter into interstellar space

A spiral galaxy known as NGC 4945 exhibits powerful winds of material blowing from the supermassive black hole located at its core in a new photo taken by the Very Large Telescope in Chile.

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Jets from powerful black holes can point astronomers toward where − and where not − to look for life in the universe

One of the most powerful objects in the universe is a radio quasar – a spinning black hole spraying out highly energetic particles. Come too close to one, and you’d get sucked in by its gravitational pull, or burn up from the intense heat surrounding it. But ironically, studying black…

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Farage warns Brits will pay for Labour’s £1 billion Tax Black Hole

Labour’s controversial clampdown on wealthy foreign residents is triggering alarm bells across the UK economy

Windows Central

The new Helldivers 2 Illuminate Major Order is so important that we got a new stratagem for it

If Helldivers 2 players can complete this new Major Order, the Illuminate's Meridian Singularity black hole can finally be stopped.

TechRadar

I asked ChatGPT to explain cosmic mysteries like I’m five – and its analogies changed how I think

Could creative analogies from AI help us wrap our heads around black holes, dark matter, and the edge of the universe?

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'Very rare' black hole energy jet discovered tearing through a spiral galaxy shaped like our own

Scientists have discovered a star-smothering black hole energy jet tearing through a galaxy similar to the Milky Way.

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