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James Webb telescope may have discovered the earliest, most distant black hole ever seenThe James Webb telescope may have detected the universe's earliest and most distant known black hole at the heart of galaxy GHZ2, revealing how the first black holes grew just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
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Record-breaking black hole collision finally explainedIn 2023, scientists detected the gravitational waves from a black hole collision that seemed impossible. New research finally explains how this "forbidden" black hole came to be, and what it can teach us about these extreme objects.
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'Unlike any we've ever seen': Record-breaking black hole eruption is brighter than 10 trillion sunsAstronomers spotted a flaring black hole that may be consuming a star at least 30 times more massive than the sun. At its peak, the flare was brighter than 10 trillion stars.
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'Not so exotic anymore': The James Webb telescope is unraveling the truth about the universe's first black holesA peculiar object discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope just 700 million years after the Big Bang could reveal the origins of the earliest black holes in the universe, some experts say.
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'Torn apart by the darkness': What would happen if a human fell into a black hole?What would a human see and feel while falling into a black hole? In this exclusive excerpt of his new book, "Facing Infinity," author and astrophysicist Jonas Enander tells us in terrifying detail.
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Physicists detect rare 'second-generation' black holes that prove Einstein right... againPhysicists have analyzed two enormous black hole mergers that happened one month apart and have come up with tantalizing evidence that rare "second-generation" black holes were involved.
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James Webb telescope finds something 'very exciting' shooting out of first black hole ever imagedUsing the James Webb Space Telescope's infrared camera, scientists have captured the gigantic jet blasting out of M87* in a new light.
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Groundbreaking image shows two black holes orbiting each other for first timeObservations by a system of radio telescopes have offered the first visual evidence for the existence of black hole pairs. But vital follow-up observations are needed before we know for sure.
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Stars live longer, stranger lives after nearly being swallowed by a black holeA new study shows survivor stars can live billions of years longer than normal, carrying chemical fingerprints of their violent encounters with the Milky Way's black hole.
