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Born in the big bang: How ancient black holes could save cosmology

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Born in the big bang: How ancient black holes could save cosmology

Exotic primordial black holes born in the moments after the universe began could be the key to solving some of cosmology’s biggest problems… if only we can find them.

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Illustration of a supermassive black hole

Space

Some planets may orbit a supermassive black hole instead of a star

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Impression of a black hole merger

Space

Black hole that 'rings' like a bell shows Einstein was right

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There is a pair of weird, gigantic bubbles at the centre of our galaxy

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There is a pair of weird, gigantic bubbles at the centre of our galaxy

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Einstein’s black holes are not the black holes we see in reality

Space

Einstein’s black holes are not the black holes we see in reality

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Two black holes

Space

Puzzling signals seen by LIGO may be gravitational wave split in two

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Artist's impression of a neutron star and black hole

Physics

LIGO may have seen its first black hole and neutron star collision

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Milky Way's black hole has got 75 times brighter and we don't know why

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Milky Way's black hole has got 75 times brighter and we don't know why

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Telescope with milky way in the night sky above

Space

We spotted a star moving so fast it will enter intergalactic space

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Black hole swallows matter

Space

Star hurtling around a giant black hole proves Einstein right - again

We watched a star orbit the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy for 24 years and its light is stretched just as Einstein predicted it should be

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Our galaxy's central black hole is oddly quiet – now we may know why

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General relativity

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Second law of thermodynamics

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Black holes

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