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'Vanishing' stars may be turning into black holes without going supernova, new study hints

Stars that vanish from the sky may be collapsing directly into black holes without going supernova first, a new study of a bizarre binary star system suggests.

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I’m an astrophysicist mapping the universe with data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory − clear, sharp photos help me study energetic black holes

When a star is born or dies, or when any other very energetic phenomenon occurs in the universe, it emits X-rays, which are high-energy light particles that aren’t visible to the naked eye. These X-rays are the same kind that doctors use to take pictures of broken bones inside the…

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NASA spots 16 'Death Star' black holes blasting powerful beams at multiple targets

Researchers using NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope have found that a group of "Death Star black holes are swiveling around and pointing at new targets, like the fictional space station in Star Wars."

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Are stars vanishing into their own black holes? A bizarre binary system says 'yes'

An unusual binary system could be evidence that some massive stars can die quietly, without a supernova explosion.

Space

Black hole spin speed revealed in new study of churning space-time

Scientists have calculated the speed of a spinning supermassive black hole by studying the 'spaghettified' remains of a star it destroyed.

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'Death Star' black holes caught blasting powerful beams at multiple targets: Watch out Alderaan! (video)

Supermassive black holes that are blasting out beams of high-energy particles killing star formation in their galaxies are shifting targets like real-life Death Stars.

Space

Scientists find weird link between a solar mystery and feeding black holes

The solar dynamo that drives sunspots and solar flares could be located near the surface of the sun scientists find, solving a 400-year-old solar mystery and providing a weird link to black holes.

Space

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Mind-Bending! Astronomers Capture Just How Fast A Supermassive Black Hole Spins

A new study offers a fascinating new method to measure the spin speed of a black hole. This ability could help astronomers flesh out how our universe came to look as it does today.

Inverse

Churning spacetime and destroyed stars help reveal how fast supermassive black holes spin

Black holes are such a drag! Especially for the guts of stars they've destroyed and the fabric of spacetime they pull along with them.

Space

Listen to soul star Aloe Blacc give Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun a jazzy, R&B makeover

Black Hole Sun comes from Aloe Blacc's upcoming rock covers EP Rock My Soul Volume 1

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Dutton won’t rule out a Coalition government quitting ICC – as it happened

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Right again, Einstein! Scientists find where matter 'waterfalls' into black holes

Einstein was right! Scientists found the first-ever evidence of "plunging regions" of spacetime where matter inexorably falls into black holes, as predicted by general relativity.

Space

Black hole singularities defy physics. New research could finally do away with them.

Black hole singularities defy the laws of physics. New research presents a bold solution to this puzzle: Black holes may actually be a theoretical type of star called a 'gravastar,' filled with universe-expanding dark energy.

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Scientists discover bizarre region around black holes that proves Einstein right yet again

Einstein's general theory of relativity predicted that so-called 'plunging regions' around black holes would accelerate matter into them at the speed of light. Now, X-ray observations of a remote black hole have proved him right.

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James Webb telescope spots 2 monster black holes merging at the dawn of time, challenging our understanding of the universe

New observations with the James Webb Space Telescope reveal the most distant pair of merging black holes ever spotted. The discovery further challenges leading theories of cosmology.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope spots most distant and oldest black hole collision ever seen (video)

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected a merger between two supermassive black holes so distant it proceeded just 740 million years after the Big Bang.

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Webb telescope uncovers merger of two massive black holes from early universe

The Webb Space Telescope has discovered the earliest known merger of black holes

The Guardian - UK

Black holes observed colliding when universe was only 740m years old

Glimpse of galactic merger, via James Webb telescope, may explain presence of monster black holes

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32 strange places scientists are looking for aliens

From planets and moons in our solar system to dying stars and parallel universes, here are some of the far-out places scientists are searching for alien life.

Space

NASA's Chandra spacecraft spots supermassive black hole erupting in the Milky Way's heart

NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has spotted the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy erupting, proving even quiet black holes like Sagittarius A* need to vent sometimes.

Space

Cracking! Some binary black holes may roll around each other in egg-shaped orbits

Some black hole pairs roll around each other in wobbly, egg-shaped orbits that could hold clues about their origins, gravitational wave measurements suggest.

Space

NASA's Roman Space Telescope will hunt for the universe's 1st stars — or their shredded corpses, anyway

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will hunt for the universe's first stars — or rather, what's left of them after they've been ripped apart by black holes.

Space

Our neighboring galaxy's supermassive black hole would probably be a polite dinner guest

Astronomers find multiple streams of dust spiraling into the heart of the nearby Andromeda galaxy, where a supermassive black hole lurks.

Space

Scientists use XRISM spacecraft to predict fate of matter around monster supermassive black hole

The spacecraft XRISM has examined light from a distant galaxy that houses a supermassive black hole to determine the fate of matter in the void's gravitational thrall.

Space

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will hunt for tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang

Primordial black holes left over from the Big Bang and no wider than a dime could be a prime target for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope after it launches in 2026.

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