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How many times has the sun traveled around the Milky Way?

Our solar system has been orbiting the Milky Way's black hole heart for 4.6 billion years. But it is hard to pin down exactly how many trips around the galaxy our sun has made during that time.

LiveScience

James Webb telescope discovers oldest black hole in the universe

The James Webb Space Telescope's discovery of the universe's oldest black holes is giving astronomers some vital clues for how they came to be.

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Inflation and pay deals leave Scottish ministers facing £1.5bn budget black hole

Situation facing finance minister described as ‘one of most challenging fiscal backdrops’ since devolution

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Scottish Government facing £1.5bn black hole as future 'depends on Westminster'

THE Scottish Government is facing a funding black hole of £1.5 billion next year in what experts have described as one of the “most challenging…

The National (Scotland)

Humans could use black holes as batteries, physics paper claims. Here's how.

Black holes are some of the most powerful objects in the universe — and humans could devise ways to harness that power as an energy source, a new theoretical study claims.

Space

White Holes by Carlo Rovelli review – space odyssey

Time, quantum mechanics, and the nature of reality are considered in a mind-bending journey to the edge of reality

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Humza Yousaf to 'introduce new tax band for higher earners' in Budget

THE First Minister is to announce a new tax band for higher earners in a bid to plug a black hole in the Budget, according to a report ...

The National (Scotland)

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Treasurers accuse Albanese government of profiting at states’ expense

Daniel Mookhey blames federal government for NSW’s budget black hole, while Tim Pallas says it is the beneficiary of Victoria’s success

The Guardian - AU

Hunting for sources of gravitational hum

A massive hum of energy pervades the universe. Is it supermassive black holes or something weirder?

Salon

Humans could use black holes as batteries, physics paper claims. Here's how.

Black holes are some of the most powerful objects in the universe — and humans could devise ways to harness that power as an energy source, a new theoretical study claims.

LiveScience

First Thing: Hamas issues threat over lives of hostages

Israeli troops reach heart of Khan Younis as Benjamin Netanyahu calls on Hamas fighters to surrender. Plus, the oldest black hole ever observed

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: the oldest black hole ever observed, dating to dawn of universe

Exclusive: astronomers surprised at size of 13bn-year-old object, which raises new questions about where black holes came from

The Guardian - UK

All black holes feast chaotically, no matter how hungry they are

A fresh understanding of how black holes eat offers a new way to estimate their masses.

Space

How to juice energy from a black hole

It's possible to extract energy from primordial black holes, experts say — if they actually exist

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‘With Cate Blanchett in my ears, I become an insect on the wing’ – our writer merges with a rainforest

Using astonishing VR technology and just his own breathing, our writer dies, disintegrates, then merges with an Amazonian forest. Could he become a sequoia tree next? What about stepping into a black hole?

Space

An 'extragalactic' intruder may lurk among stars orbiting the Milky Way's black hole

Potentially, the 1st "extragalactic" star found at the heart of our galaxy S0–6 appears to have taken a 10 billion-year-long journey to reach the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole.

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Plasma Streams Explain Supermassive Black Holes Influence On Galaxies

Supermassive black holes glow in the same way no matter their appetite, and that could be a huge clue to their relationship with their host galaxies.

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Gravitational waves rippling from black hole merger could help test general relativity

Gravitational waves have been uncovered from a massive black hole merger that shows the resultant black hole settling into a spherical shape for the first time, helping test Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

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Astronomers finally caught radio waves from 40 large galaxies in the nearby universe

Supermassive black holes reside in some of the biggest galaxies in the universe. They tend to be billions of times more massive that our Sun, and not even light itself can escape a black hole once it gets too close.

Space

What are radio galaxies?

A radio galaxy is a type of galaxy with giant regions of radio emissions that reach far beyond its visible structure. We explore them in more detail here.

Space

The elusive origins of long gamma-ray bursts may finally be revealed

New research helps resolve the mystery surrounding strange long gamma-ray bursts, suggesting these blasts of high-energy radiation emerge from collisions of neutron stars that birth black holes.

The Canberra Times

Lower-than-expected revenue opens $81m black hole in ACT budget

Savings partially offset the drop in revenue to September.

LiveScience

James Webb telescope reveals 'nursery' of 500,000 stars in the chaotic heart of the Milky Way

A dazzling new James Webb telescope image of the region near the Milky Way's central black hole reveals thousands of newborn stars among the "most extreme cosmic environment" in the galaxy.

Salon

Dark matter's invisible perioidic table

A new theory of the universe’s most mysterious particle peeks into mind-bending “bubbles” and black holes

LiveScience

Strange 'blob' circling Milky Way's central black hole is shooting powerful radiation at Earth every 76 minutes

Regular high-energy pulses of gamma-ray radiation emerging from around the Milky Way's central black hole may be coming from a blob of matter whipping around at 30% the speed of light.

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