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Astronomers Are Watching a Black Hole Shred a Star to Pieces

The event, called ASASSN-14li, involves a star sweeping too close to a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy, ripping it apart.

Inverse

A black hole 'assassin' ripped a star to shreds and left its guts strewn about the galaxy

Astronomers studied the remains of a massive star ripped apart by a black hole in an epic astro-forensic murder investigation.

LiveScience

Newly discovered black hole 'speed limit' hints at new laws of physics

When supermassive black holes barrel toward collision, they can reach speeds of up to 1/10th the speed of light, new research suggests.

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James Webb Space Telescope reveals active supermassive black holes were surprisingly rare in early universe

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers discovered that, between 7 and 10 billion years ago, there were fewer feeding supermassive black holes than previously thought

Space

XRISM: Inside the Mission Set to View Black Holes and Exploding Stars Like Never Before

Japan launches the highly-anticipated XRISM mission into space this week. A second chance after Hitomi, the X-ray mission will look at supernova, black holes, and more.

Inverse

Newly discovered black hole 'speed limit' hints at new laws of physics

When supermassive black holes barrel toward collision, they can reach speeds of up to 1/10th the speed of light, new research suggests.

LiveScience

Supermassive black hole chews up huge star, spits stellar 'guts' into space (video)

Scientists might have found the most massive star to be seen ravaged by a supermassive black hole.

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What is the hottest place in the universe?

The hottest spot in the universe may well be near the edges of a supermassive black hole.

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Black hole 'seeds' discovered in the early universe for 1st time ever

The puzzle of how supermassive black holes grew so large just after the Big Bang could soon be solved.

LiveScience

Astronomers find 1st evidence of heavy black hole seeds in the early universe

The way in which supermassive black holes grew to tremendous sizes in the early universe has been a mystery for astronomers, but the puzzle could soon be solved.

Space

How did supermassive black holes get so big so fast just after the Big Bang?

Finding supermassive black holes with masses billions of times greater than the sun under a billion years after the Big Bang has scientists confused how these cosmic titans got so big so quickly.

Space

Curious Kids: how do black holes pull in light?

How can a black hole pull in light when light isn’t a physical thing? – Will, age 8, Victoria

The Conversation

Gravitational waves show black holes prefer certain masses before they collide

Knowing that black holes tend to have these masses could help provide a new way of measuring the expansion rate of the universe.

Space

Could white holes actually exist?

Black holes seem to get all the attention. But what about their mirror twins, white holes? Do they exist? And, if so, where are they?

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Labour accuses government of losing £250bn from value of UK assets

Rachel Reeves says Tory bond black hole ‘will land working people with another astronomical bill’

Salon

The wars you aren't supposed to notice

The Pentagon as a budgetary black hole (and the military that goes with it)

LiveScience

Could a black hole devour the universe?

Black holes can swallow stars, planets and even merge with other black holes, but could a massive one swallow the entire universe?

LiveScience

Star-size black hole is emitting radio signals that scientists can't explain

Superfast changes to the intensity of a jet blasting out from a small black hole have been detected for the first time.

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Black hole jet surprises scientists with 'peculiar' radio signal

For the first time, astronomers have spotted small-scale super-fast changes in a jet of super-energetic plasma jet blasting out from a small black hole.

LiveScience

Supermassive black hole found spitting a giant, high-energy jet toward Earth

NASA has identified a supermassive black hole blasting its energetic jets straight toward Earth. Don't worry, though, this blazar is located 400 million light-years away.

Inverse

How Oppenheimer Proved Einstein Wrong About Black Holes

In addition to the Manhattan Project, J. Robert Oppenheimer also worked on many other areas of physics.

The Hindu

Oppenheimer: Remembering the physics that first made him great

J. Robert Oppenheimer had already made a foray into the topic of stellar collapse, which convinced him of the inevitability of black holes. Together with his student George Volkoff, he was able to significantly extend Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar’s result. Then, with Hartland Snyder, Oppenheimer provided a remarkably accurate mathematical description of the…

Space

A supermassive black hole is spitting a high-energy jet toward Earth

Tapping into cosmic X-rays, NASA's IXPE satellite has identified a supermassive black hole blasting its energetic jets straight toward Earth. Don't worry, though, this blazar is tucked away deep in space.

Space

NASA to hunt deep space gamma-rays with new high-altitude balloon mission

NASA's new detector, known as ComPair, is slated to fly next month. The goal is to catch high-energy, invisible beams stemming from things like star explosions, supermassive black holes and gamma-ray bursts.

Marie Claire

'Ripe' Is Our August Book Club Pick

Read an excerpt of Sarah Rose Etter's new novel, here, then dive in with us throughout the month.

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