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Rare Milky Way star cluster is packed with red supergiants 1 million times brighter than the sun

Many red supergiant monster stars lurk in a Milky Way cluster astronomers have discovered with the Gaia space telescope. The cluster, Barbá 2, could help understand why some stars become black holes.

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Supermassive black holes have masses of more than a million suns – but their growth has slowed as the universe aged

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Ronda Rousey apologizes for Sandy Hook conspiracy video, warns against falling down ‘black hole of bullsh*t’

Nearly 12 years after a social media post resurfaced, a UFC Hall of Famer has issued a warning over "black hole" of conspiracy theories.

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Some black holes have a 'heartbeat' — and astronomers may finally know why

A tiny fraction of known black holes emit X-ray signals that resemble a human "heartbeat." Now, new research may finally explain the strange phenomenon.

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What happens if you throw a star at a black hole? Things get messy (video)

Supermassive black holes that shred and devour stars throw them up like a "bad curry" and cover themselves in the wreckage, sick new simulations reveal.

Space

What personal tax rises might Rachel Reeves introduce to ease UK deficit?

We look at likely changes, as chancellor plans measures to plug £22bn public finances shortfall

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How do supermassive black holes 'starve' their galaxies to halt star formation?

The "deaths" of galaxies are caused by their central supermassive black holes, and the "smoking gun" evidence of this connection takes an unexpected form.

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Rachel Reeves planning to raise taxes and cut spending in October budget

Chancellor insists she still has large black hole to fill despite stronger than expected growth in first half of 2024

The Guardian - UK

The UK risks missing out on the coming AI boom – here’s how it can get back on track

Rachel Reeves, the UK chancellor of the exchequer, has been making cost-cutting announcements ahead of a crunch October budget to deal with what she says is a black hole in the country’s finances. Along with scrapping winter fuel payments, a planned cap on social care and various road and infrastructure…

The Conversation

Watch a star get destroyed by a supermassive black hole in the first simulation of its kind

Giant black holes in the centres of galaxies like our own Milky Way are known to occasionally munch on nearby stars.

The Conversation

What happens to the wreckage created when extreme dead stars clash?

Neutron stars are the universe's most extreme stars, composed of matter so dense a teaspoon of it would weigh as much as Mt. Everest. So, when they collide, it's quite the event.

Space

'Final parsec problem' that makes supermassive black holes impossible to explain could finally have a solution

A new study helps solve the "final parsec problem" that has made supermassive black hole formation impossible to explain, pointing to a strange form of dark matter as the key.

LiveScience

Help scientists find new black holes with this free smartphone app

Developed by the Dutch Black Hole Consortium, the Black Hole Finder app allows the public to help sort through thousands of images to identify potential targets of interest.

Space

Astronomers find black hole's favorite snack: 'The star appears to be living to die another day'

Astronomers have pinned down a faraway black hole's snack schedule after watching it devour a star across years.

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Mesmerizing James Webb Space Telescope photo lets you gaze into a hungry black hole

European Space Agency releases new photograph of the Messier 106 spiral galaxy

The Guardian - UK

Emily in Paris season four review – as exciting as watching paint dry … if you really hate paint

This televisual black hole is devoid of plot, charisma and intrigue. Absolutely nothing happens, bar the odd dead-eyed conversation about the price of face cream

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James Webb Space Telescope strikes again, delivers new shining galaxy image

The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged the galaxy Messier 106, which sits in the Canes Venatici constellation.

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Massive star's gory 'death by black hole' is the biggest and brightest event of its kind

Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole violently shredding and devouring a star nine times as massive as the sun.

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Small black holes could play 'hide-and-seek' with elusive supermassive black hole pairs

Small pairs of binary black holes could be used to play hide-and-seek' with elusive supermassive black hole binaries via gravitational waves carry the "baritone singing" of these cosmic titans.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope finds a shock near supermassive black hole (image)

By examining a distant supermassive black hole, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found a shocking link between jets and dust around these cosmic titans.

Evening Standard

Jury out on Chancellor Rachel Reeves, new poll shows after '£22 billion black hole' row

Ms Reeves clashed with her predecessor Jeremy Hunt over the public finances

The Conversation

Astronomy ‘Olympics’ is being hosted in Africa for the first time: 4 big talking points

Cutting-edge telescopes, gravitational waves, black holes and our solar system’s central star, the Sun, are just a few of the topics that will be on the table in Cape Town, South Africa, for an event that’s a scientific version of the Olympic Games – though the world’s leading astronomy researchers…

The Independent UK

New figures reveal £6 billion of unpaid council tax as lockdown and cost of living bites

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has already warned she faces ‘difficult decisions’ to fill a £22 billion black hole in Britain’s public finances

Space

'Cosmic dawn:' NASA's Roman Space Telescope will get baby pictures of our universe

NASA's Roman Space Telescope will look all the way back to cosmic dawn 400 million years after the Big Bang to discover how the universe fundamentally changed at this crucial point in its history.

The Guardian - UK

Here’s how Rachel Reeves could plug the black hole in Britain’s finances

Letters: Mark Bill offers the new chancellor some suggestions on raising taxes and closing loopholes. Plus letters from Joseph Koppenhout and David Tucker

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