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black holes

Space

Monster black hole powers the brightest known object in the universe

Astronomers have found a quasar 12 billion light years away hosting a supermassive black hole that gobbles up a sun-sized amount of mass every day

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Space

Most newborn black holes spew gas so hard they almost stop spinning

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Space

Mysterious black hole jets may be the source of powerful cosmic rays

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Space

Mysterious object may be the lightest black hole we've ever seen

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Images of M87*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87

Space

New fiery doughnut image is our most detailed glimpse of a black hole

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Physics

51¶¯Âþs created a ‘giant quantum vortex’ that mimics a black hole

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The sun

Space

The sun could contain a tiny black hole that formed in the big bang

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A black hole in space

Space

‘Islands’ poking out of black holes may solve the information paradox

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Space

Strange way black holes lose energy could help solve cosmic puzzle

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location of distant black hole

Space

Astronomers have found the most distant black hole ever confirmed

The most distant supermassive black hole confirmed is more than 31 billion light years away, and it could be the key to figuring out how these behemoths grew so big so fast

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Space

Strange supernova blasts hint we have glimpsed a black hole’s birth

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Comment

White Holes review: Extreme physics from Carlo Rovelli

Culture

Space

Seven wonders of the Milky Way: An astronomer’s guide to the galaxy

Features

Space

Why trying to photograph a black hole was a massive gamble

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