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Hundreds of ancient, invisible structures discovered near our galaxy's center
By Brandon Specktor published
Radio astronomers have discovered hundreds of long, thin structures emanating from our galaxy's supermassive black hole.
Stephen Hawking's most famous prediction could mean that everything in the universe is doomed to evaporate, new study says
By Ben Turner published
A new theory has radically revised Stephen Hawking's 1974 theory of black holes to predict that all objects with mass may eventually disappear.
A rare type of black hole never proven to exist could be orbiting our galaxy right now, Hubble telescope reveals
By Ben Turner published
A potential intermediate-mass black hole may be lurking in Messier 4, the nearest globular star cluster to Earth, new Hubble data reveals.
Gravitational wave lab LIGO roars back online to detect the oldest black hole collisions ever seen
By Jonas Enander published
LIGO has been upgraded to observe gigantic black hole mergers 5 billion light-years away.
Strange star system may hold first evidence of an ultra-rare 'dark matter star'
By Paul Sutter published
In a distant star system, a sunlike star orbits an invisible object that may be the first example of a 'boson star' made of dark matter, new research suggests.
Scientists grow swirling 'black hole rings' in the lab for the 1st time
By Harry Baker published
Scientists smashed plasma jets together to create artificial accretion disks that could help reveal how black holes grow.
Some black holes may actually be tangles in the fabric of space-time, new research suggests
By Paul Sutter published
A new paper discusses how light interacts with theoretical objects called "topological solitons" — kinks in the fabric of space-time that look just like black holes.
A messy black hole may have just triggered the largest explosion in the universe
By Ben Turner published
Astronomers have spotted a giant explosion releasing over 100 times more energy than the sun will release across its entire lifetime. A monster black hole is likely to blame.
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