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![An artist's illustration of a black hole.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FBpQkzaGDiXLUHfXyrqoqB-320-80.jpg)
Black hole 'seeds' discovered in the early universe for 1st time ever
By Robert Lea published
The puzzle of how supermassive black holes grew so large just after the Big Bang could soon be solved.
![An artist's impression of a black hole surrounded by stars and bright light](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WoeqddTcRzUN3e6PUYSfRB-320-80.jpg)
Could a black hole devour the universe?
By Donavyn Coffey published
Black holes can swallow stars, planets and even merge with other black holes, but could a massive one swallow the entire universe?
![An illustration of a stellar mass black hole blasting out a micrcoquasar (inset) the FAST telescope registering emissions from this event](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e3DJHqnhPCeLKXvi4Kdat7-320-80.jpg)
Star-size black hole is emitting radio signals that scientists can't explain
By Robert Lea published
Superfast changes to the intensity of a jet blasting out from a small black hole have been detected for the first time.
![An illustration shows the blazar Markarian 421 blasting out high-energy jet as seen by NASA's IXPE mission.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jd3v8V9VTeU5buVESY5vEi-320-80.jpg)
Supermassive black hole found spitting a giant, high-energy jet toward Earth
By Robert Lea published
NASA has identified a supermassive black hole blasting its energetic jets straight toward Earth. Don't worry, though, this blazar is located 400 million light-years away.
![A bed of distant stars, galaxies, and black holes twinkles endlessly in this James Webb Telescope image](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/z8Nx7n7V6qfBDNHaq6h4pn-320-80.jpg)
James Webb telescope discovers the oldest active black hole in the known universe
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a feeding supermassive black hole from when the universe was less than 600 million years old.
![an artist's illustration of the most distant quasar known with radio jets](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/casJiZhuUcfMKjJbWTvUNi-320-80.jpg)
Time moved '5 times slower' in the early universe, mind-bending black hole study reveals
By Ben Turner published
The observation that the universe appears to run slower in the past was made by scrutinizing the light emitted by gigantic quasars.
![An illustration of a black circle in space shooting a beam of light out of its center](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eGNwx9vEUoiourtuhUhDwB-320-80.jpg)
Gargantuan black hole 'switches on,' becoming one of the brightest objects ever seen
By Brandon Specktor published
A black hole 10 billion light-years away suddenly 'switched on', becoming one of the brightest transient objects ever detected.
![Artist's concept of a supermassive black hole.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yxJUja5UHFs7wWiFz9Jd4T-320-80.jpg)
Strange 'echo' from the Milky Way's central black hole reveals it briefly awoke 200 years ago
By Ben Turner published
The Milky Way's black hole, known as Sagittarius A*, briefly flared at least a million times brighter 200 years ago.
![An illustration showing the universe as a wobbly grid, with bright black holes warping the grid](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7RL58SVbdvTYGmossrKF5g-320-80.jpg)
The universe is rippling with a faint 'gravitational wave background' created by colliding black holes, huge international study suggests
By Jonas Enander published
A 15-year search reveals the first evidence of a cosmic 'gravitational wave background' emitted by ancient, colliding black holes.
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