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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 · Aug 8, 2025

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 · Aug 7, 2025

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 · Aug 7, 2025

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 · Aug 4, 2025

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 · Aug 2, 2025

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 · Aug 1, 2025

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 · Aug 1, 2025

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 · Jul 31, 2025

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 · Jul 31, 2025

'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."

Space · Jul 30, 2025