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Newly 'awakened' black hole is releasing 100 times more energy than scientists have seen before
By Elana Spivack published
The quasi-periodic eruptions of X-rays from a black hole 300 million light-years away are unlike any researchers have ever seen before.

Incredible photo shows supermassive black hole blowing a jet of matter into interstellar space
By Samantha Mathewson published
A spiral galaxy known as NGC 4945 exhibits powerful winds of material blowing from the supermassive black hole located at its core in a new photo taken by the Very Large Telescope in Chile.

Black holes can destroy planets — but they can also lead us to thriving alien worlds. Here's how.
By David Garofalo published
Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in that galaxy is rotating.

Black holes may obey the laws of physics after all, new theory suggests
By Robert Lea published
"The singularity is the most mysterious and problematic part of a black hole. It's where our concepts of space and time literally no longer make sense."

Stephen Hawking's black hole theory has big implications for the shape of the universe, new study claims
By Andrey Feldman published
Elusive black hole radiation predicted by Stephen Hawking may have influenced the way the universe took shape after the Big Bang, new research suggests.

Record-setting black hole 'echo' accidentally uncovered by high-school student
By Jenna Ahart published
While sifting out signatures of supernova remnants, a high-schooler stumbled upon the afterglow of a dormant black hole. It may be one of the largest ever seen.

Is our universe trapped inside a black hole? This James Webb Space Telescope discovery might blow your mind
By Robert Lea published
"I think that the simplest explanation of the rotating universe is the universe was born in a rotating black hole."

Evidence for Stephen Hawking's unproven black hole theory may have just been found — at the bottom of the sea
By Paul Sutter published
The recent discovery of a stupendously powerful neutrino has left scientists scratching their heads. New research suggests it could be evidence that Stephen Hawking was right about the nature of black holes and the early universe.

Unproven Einstein theory of 'gravitational memory' may be real after all, new study hints
By Andrey Feldman published
Einstein's theory of general relativity suggests that the "memory" of ancient events, such as black hole mergers, may be etched into the fabric of space-time by gravitational waves. New research shows how this theory of gravitational memory could finally be proven.

'Cosmic Horseshoe' may contain black hole the size of 36 billion suns — one of the largest ever detected
By Ben Turner published
The "Cosmic Horseshoe" is an Einstein ring, a system made up of a foreground galaxy whose mass is so great, it warps the light from a galaxy behind it. Now, astronomers know where it gets this mass from.
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