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A ravenous black hole in our backyard could be our window into the ancient universe

A feeding black hole at the heart of a nearby galaxy is behaving similarly to cosmic titans that existed just after the Big Bang.

Space · Jul 10

Scientists have discovered the oldest quasar ever seen, and it shines with the light of a trillion suns

Using the ESA's Euclid space telescope, astronomers have discovered a treasure trove of black hole-powered quasars in the early universe, including the most ancient and distant ever seen.

Space · Jul 9

Katie Couric reveals amnesia caused ‘black hole’ in her memory

‘Several hours of a Saturday in June will always be missing for me,’ the journalist wrote

The Independent UK · Jul 8

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James Webb Space Telescope celebrates its 4th birthday with stunning image of a galaxy crash site

To celebrate the fourth birthday of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA has released a stunning image of the strangely shaped galaxy Centaurus A, the site of a cosmic collision 2 billion years ago.

Space · Jul 7

Euclid telescope discovers the 2 most ancient monster black holes in the universe ‪—‬ each brighter than a trillion suns

A collection of newfound objects discovered by the Euclid telescope more than doubles the number of known quasars from the universe's first billion years.

LiveScience · Jul 7

'What we found was striking': Physicists detect new kind of gravitational wave signal from a black hole's event horizon

Physicists isolated the "last sound" of an enormous black hole collision, providing an unprecedented glimpse of the region next to the event horizon.

LiveScience · Jul 6

Black holes buried in mysterious 'little red dot' galaxies could blast cosmic ghosts at Earth

Mysterious "little red dots" discovered in the early universe by the James Webb Space Telescope could harbor buried black holes that fire high-energy neutrinos through the cosmos.

Space · Jul 6

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Andy Burnham did not have ‘all the details’ of £4.7 billion defence black hole

Sir Keir Starmer unveiled the Dip on Tuesday, with a promise to increase defence spending by £15 billion.

Evening Standard · Jul 2

Economic impact of Iran war not as big as feared, Treasury insiders will say - but Burnham still faces major defence black hole

Despite the boost, Mr Burnham is still set to face a vast number of difficult decisions, including filling a black hole in the government’s defence plans worth up to £15bn

The Independent UK · Jul 2

Scottish Labour MP warns Andy Burnham over welfare cuts to fund defence

A SCOTTISH Labour MP is among rebels urging Andy Burnham against raiding the welfare budget to fill a £4.7 billion black hole in defence spending.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 2

Burnham under pressure to rule out welfare cuts to fill £5bn defence budget black hole

As a defence minister admits Starmer only told Burnham about a £5bn black hole in the Defence Investment Plan at the last minute, the prime minister-in-waiting is under pressure not to balance the books by cutting welfare

The Independent UK · Jul 1

Badenoch accuses Starmer of leaving defence spending ‘mess to his successor’ amid concern over £5bn black hole

Tory leader accuses Starmer of ‘leaving this mess to his successor’

The Independent UK · Jul 1

Burnham told of £4.7bn defence black hole yesterday, minister suggests

Ministers faced questions over the funding gap and whether Mr Burnham was blindsided by Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement.

The Independent UK · Jul 1

Burnham told of £4.7bn gap in Starmer’s defence improvement plan on day it was published, minister suggests

Burnham left to find £4.7bn to fund a black hole in Starmer’s defence spending plan

The Independent UK · Jul 1

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The Independent UK · Jun 30

Defence spending: The key takeaways from Starmer’s plan to protect Britain

While Sir Keir Starmer has promised the DIP will reverse the ‘corrosive hollowing out’ of the armed forces, the funding package still falls well short of the £28bn military officials said would be necessary to fill a black hole in the MoD’s budget

The Conversation · Jun 29

A cataclysmic collision in space provides new clues on astronomy’s biggest stalemate

Second only to black holes, neutron stars – incredibly dense star remnants – are the densest objects in the universe. When neutron stars collide, they create ripples in the fabric of space and time in a way that we can detect on Earth.

The Economic Times · Jun 29

Something left a giant scar next to our galaxy’s Black Hole, and scientists finally have answers

Milky Way black hole mystery reveals a hidden cosmic scar near Sagittarius A. Astronomers discovered a strange cavity shaped by powerful stellar winds, showing how moving stars can transform the Galactic Center. This cosmic finding changes our view of black hole environments, proving space preserves ancient events through glowing gas,…

The Conversation · Jun 29

Can you make a black hole in a laboratory?

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The Economic Times · Jun 27

NASA looked back at the first Black Hole ever photographed, and found a big surprise

The universe keeps reshaping our cosmic perspective. When the Event Horizon Telescope captured the historic first image of a black hole in 2019, humanity stared at a fiery orange ring. That glowing donut of hot gas became an instant scientific monument. However, static pictures rarely tell the whole story of…

Space · Jun 26

Black hole's 'point of no escape' studied with the loudest gravitational waves ever heard

The loudest crash of gravitational waves ever heard provides an intriguing way of studying event horizons, the boundaries at which nothing can escape the grip of these cosmic titans.

The Economic Times · Jun 25

Researchers finally found evidence from a region in Space where nothing is supposed to escape

A historic black hole discovery is changing how scientists explore the universe. Researchers have detected possible fingerprints of a black hole event horizon through gravitational waves, giving humanity a closer look at the mysterious edge where gravity dominates everything. The breakthrough from black hole merger data opens a new chapter…

Space · Jun 25

James Webb Space Telescope catches 6 galaxies merging into one of the largest galaxies in the universe

A supermassive black hole is also coming together at the heart of this galaxy maelstrom.

The Economic Times · Jun 25

For the first time, researchers reached a region near a Black Hole once beyond study

A powerful black hole collision has opened a new chapter in space science. Scientists used the loudest gravitational wave signal ever detected to study the hidden region near an event horizon. This breakthrough helps researchers understand extreme gravity, black hole mergers, spacetime, and Einstein’s theory of relativity. The discovery gives…

The Conversation · Jun 25

What are supermassive black holes? Everything you need to know – and what astronomers are still learning – about these mysterious objects

Nearly every massive galaxy observed hosts a supermassive black hole at its center. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered that some of these supermassive black holes may even be too big for the galaxy they’re found in, challenging astronomers’ understanding of these objects and prompting questions about their growth…

The Conversation · Jun 24

A ‘direct wave’ from colliding black holes reveals signature of a whirlpool in spacetime

Black holes are some of the most mysterious objects in the universe, but they aren’t always silent. When two black holes are close enough to each other, they spiral towards one another, eventually crashing in an enormous explosion and forming a single, larger black hole from the combination.

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