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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.

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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?

Space

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’

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The wars you aren't supposed to notice

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

Salon

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.

LiveScience

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.

Space

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.

LiveScience

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.

Inverse

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…

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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.

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'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.

Space

Was Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, also the father of black holes?

The name Oppenheimer will always be synonymous with the power and destruction of the atomic bomb, but the physicist also played an essential role in the study of black holes.

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The Best Sci-Fi Reboot on Netflix Gets Some Fundamental Science Wrong

"Star Trek" reinvented the long-running franchise, but its grasp of black holes and the properties of its fictional red matter don't track.

The Guardian - UK

Eureka! Scientists explore mysteries of black holes with hi-tech bathtub

Nottingham University researchers are simulating black holes with a tiny vortex inside a bell jar of superfluid helium

LiveScience

James Webb telescope discovers the oldest active black hole in the known universe

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a feeding supermassive black hole from when the universe was less than 600 million years old.

The Independent UK

Webb Space Telescope spots most distant black hole yet. More may be lurking

Astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole yet using NASA's Webb Space Telescope

Space

Colliding black holes could hide in the light of superbright quasars

Only an extreme environment could hide the collision of two stellar-mass black holes — and feeding supermassive black holes could provide such cover.

LiveScience

Time moved '5 times slower' in the early universe, mind-bending black hole study reveals

The observation that the universe appears to run slower in the past was made by scrutinizing the light emitted by gigantic quasars.

Irish Mirror

RTE facing €100million TV licence fee black hole as fierce backlash anticipated

The financial deficit is expected to run into millions as it remains to be seen how much the public will refuse to pay up

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