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Astronomers find heaviest black hole pair in the universe, and they've been trapped in an endless duel for 3 billion years
Two supermassive black holes spotted circling inside a remote 'fossil' galaxy are the heaviest, and the closest, black hole binary ever found.
Einstein's predictions mean rare 'gravitational lasers' could exist throughout the universe, new paper claims
A new study combining two of Albert Einstein's famous predictions suggests that ripples in space-time can combine into 'gravitational lasers', firing out of black holes in random directions across the cosmos.
Star-killing 'black hole wind' spotted in a distant galaxy could explain a major mystery at the Milky Way's center
For the first time, scientists discovered a powerful 'black hole wind' that blew through a nearby galaxy for hundreds of days, crushing star formation and reshaping the galaxy. Something similar may already have happened in the Milky Way.
Event Horizon Telescope spies gargantuan energy jets erupting from nearby supermassive black hole
Astronomers investigated an active supermassive black hole at the heart of Perseus A using the Event Horizon Telescope, spotting an epic battle between gravity and magnetism.
More than 900,000 stars, galaxies and black holes revealed in most detailed X-ray map of the universe ever
Scientists using the eROSITA X-ray telescope have released a trove of data that reveals more than 900,000 objects in space, including 700,000 supermassive black holes and other 'exotic' objects.
Scientists may finally know where the biggest, oldest black holes in the universe came from
The presence of supermassive black holes in the earliest epochs of the universe has scientists stumped — but repeated explosions from tiny black holes may offer an explanation.
Right again, Einstein: New snapshot of 1st black hole to be photographed confirms relativity
The new black hole image offers further confirmation for Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.
Cosmic strings can break — and when they do, they shake the universe
Many models of the universe predict the existence of countless invisible strings stretching across space. New research finds a way these strings might snap — and how we could feel the fallout.
