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black holes

Latest gravitational wave isn't from neutron stars after all

Space

Latest gravitational wave isn't from neutron stars after all

Recent speculation about the latest gravitational wave experiments suggested they may have seen a neutron star merger, but it’s another black hole smashup

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stars

Space

Nobody knows how these baby stars got so close to our black hole

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artist's impression of colliding neutron stars

Space

Exclusive: We may have detected a new kind of gravitational wave

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jellyfish galaxies

Space

Jellyfish galaxies may feed black holes with their long tendrils

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Fast radio bursts may be dark matter ‘stars’ hitting black holes

Space

Fast radio bursts may be dark matter ‘stars’ hitting black holes

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Person throws up at hands standing at blackboard covered in equations

Physics

Five things physicists hate about physics

Features

When is a black hole not a black hole? When it’s a boson star

Space

When is a black hole not a black hole? When it’s a boson star

Features

LIGO’s third detection hints at how black hole binaries are born

Space

LIGO’s third detection hints at how black hole binaries are born

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Tangoing pairs of hungry supermassive black holes grow in number

Space

Tangoing pairs of hungry supermassive black holes grow in number

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Black hole

Space

Quantum effects cloak impossible singularities with black holes

Theoretical points in space-time that destroy the laws of physics may not be a threat in the real world thanks to quantum mechanics

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Space

Earth-sized telescope set to snap first picture of a black hole

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Space

The many-tentacled galaxy that could drive a physics revolution

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Physics

Fuzzy pulsars orbiting black holes could unmask quantum gravity

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Space

Oldest, biggest black holes may have come from enormous stars

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