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'It was very fortunate timing': Astronomers watch 1st black hole to 'shut off' blast back to life

The first black hole that astronomers observed "turning off" just turned back on, releasing jets of hot gas into the cosmos.

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Feeding supermassive black holes may have ended the cosmic 'dark ages' billions of years ago

NASA's Chandra and NuSTAR telescopes have teamed up to study a supermassive black hole-powered quasar that could have played a key role in ending the cosmic dark ages.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope sees little red dots feeding black holes: 'This is how you solve a universe-breaking problem'

The James Webb Space Telescope's ancient "little red dot" galaxies have been seen as a sign of "broken cosmology." Feeding supermassive black holes may have come to the rescue.

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Supermassive black hole spotted 12.9 billion light-years from Earth — and it's shooting a beam of energy right at us

The newly discovered "blazar," which has a mass equal to 700 million suns, is the oldest of its kind ever seen and changes what we know about the early universe.

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Feeding supermassive black holes are more common than thought across the universe

Feeding supermassive black holes are more common in the cosmos than previously suspected. What could possibly hide such ravenous cosmic titans?

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There might be far more supermassive black holes hiding around us than we thought, scientists warn

The universe could be home to far more supermassive black holes than we realised, according to new research.

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Mysterious spiral galaxy jet puzzles astronomers: 'At first, I thought I completely messed up'

Jets from a distant galaxy could offer fresh clues to how galaxies and their black holes evolve over eons.

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Many more black holes could be ‘hiding’ in the universe than previously thought

A new study by the University of Southampton has found the galactic giants behind clouds of dust and gas.

Evening Standard

'Daredevil' white dwarf star could be closest-known object to a weird black hole

The weird outbursts of a distant supermassive black hole may be caused by a death-defying white dwarf walking a cosmic tight rope around it.

Space

Mysterious black hole starts flashing – and scientists don’t know why

A mysterious black hole has started behaving even more strangely, scientists have said.

The Independent UK

Astronomers investigate black hole jets with Event Horizon Telescope

Astronomers are now confident the Event Horizon Telescope can help them decode elusive origins of black hole jets.

Space

Star escapes ravenous supermassive black hole, leaving behind its stellar partner

Scientists want to know if a tidal disruption event that exploded twice is the result of a star abandoning its binary partner, allowing it to be devoured by a supermassive black hole.

Space

Small satellite constellation could reveal black holes like never before

A constellation of small satellites could help researchers view processes in close vicinity of supermassive black holes like never before.

Space

What I learned from a black hole in Los Angeles

PST: Art and Science Collide exhibits are on view across Los Angeles.

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Some black holes at the centers of galaxies have a buddy − but detecting these binary pairs isn’t easy

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Black holes can squash star formation, James Webb Space Telescope finds

"The Spiderweb protocluster is an ideal laboratory for investigating the relationship between black holes and star formation in detail."

Space

The top 7 black hole discoveries from 2024

2024 was a big year for black hole science, and Space.com was on duty all year to bring you every major development in our understanding of the universe's most fascinating entities.

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10 mind-blowing black hole discoveries from 2024

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The 8 most controversial science stories of 2024

From a piece of cloth that may have belonged to Alexander the Great to an image of our galaxy's central black hole, here's our pick of controversial science stories in 2024.

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Astronomers spot an enormous explosion from the 1st black hole ever photographed

A massive, energetic jet from Virgo A could help scientists understand how matter behaves around a black hole.

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'There's no real competitor': Theoretical physicist Marika Taylor on how black holes could help us to find a theory of everything

An artist's abstract illustration of cosmic strings.

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Do black holes really evaporate — and how do we know?

In 1974, Stephen Hawking proposed that black holes could evaporate. But do we understand how this might happen?

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45 Years Ago, A Disney Misstep Was A Secret Sci-Fi Masterpiece

The haters were wrong. On its 45th birthday, 'The Black Hole' is just as wonderfully manic as ever. Here's why this flop is actually worth your time.

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Scientists discover 2 stars orbiting our galaxy's supermassive black hole in lockstep — and they could point to a type of planet never seen before

Astronomers have discovered a pair of young stars near the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy. Studying them can offer a rare glimpse into how stars can endure — at least briefly — the immense gravity exerted by such cosmic behemoths.

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The Illuminate in Helldivers 2 appear to be inching closer to the black hole we left at Meridia back in June, which is also looking a lot scarier, but I'm sure it's probably fine, stop worrying about it

I'm sure it's meant to be doing that.

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