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A black hole emits a plasma jet

Space

Black holes eat negative energy and vomit out huge powerful jets

Many black holes shoot out powerful jets of plasma and radiation, and they may be partially powered by strange particles that appear to have negative energy

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Our galaxy’s supermassive black hole may be spewing matter right at us

Space

Our galaxy’s supermassive black hole may be spewing matter right at us

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A black hole the size of Jupiter is just wandering around the galaxy

Space

A black hole the size of Jupiter is just wandering around the galaxy

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Large Magellanic Cloud

Space

A cosmic collision may be coming for our galaxy sooner than we thought

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Watch: Very Large Telescope uses giant lasers in hunt for black holes

Physics

Watch: Very Large Telescope uses giant lasers in hunt for black holes

Features

yellow beams

Physics

World's most powerful telescope takes us to the edge of a black hole

Features

2018’s weirdest stories: Friendly horses, toddler robots and moonmoons

2018’s weirdest stories: Friendly horses, toddler robots and moonmoons

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black hole

Space

2019 Preview: We will see the first ever picture of a black hole

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Physics

If you think black holes are strange, white holes will blow your mind

Features

artists impression of merging black holes

Space

LIGO found four more pairs of black holes, including the biggest yet

In a reanalysis of all of its data, LIGO spotted gravitational waves from four new pairs of black holes colliding, bringing the total detection count up to 11

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Technology

Don't Miss: social media violence, lowdown on AI, scary black holes

Culture

Space

What it's like to be sucked into a black hole – without dying

Regulars

Video

Stephen Fairhurst: Gravitational wave hunting

Video

Physics

Gravitational waves from black hole pairs could act like tractor beams

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