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Astronomers detect ‘cosmic bass note’ of gravitational waves

Sound comes from the merging of supermassive black holes across the universe, according to scientists

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2023

Astronomers Capture the Space-Squishing Echoes of Merging Supermassive Black Holes

Several teams of scientists from around the world all report detecting extremely low-frequency waves in spacetime, caused by merging supermassive black holes.

Inverse · Jun 29, 2023

James Webb Space Telescope sees 1st starlight from ancient quasars in groundbreaking discovery

The James Webb Space Telescope has seen the starlight from an early galaxy hosting a feeding supermassive black hole for the first time ever.

Space · Jun 28, 2023

The Milky Way's monster black hole let out a huge blast 200 years ago. We can now listen to its echo (video)

NASA's X-ray observatory detected the echo of a flare likely caused when an object, perhaps a gas cloud or star, was ripped apart by our galaxy's black hole.

Space · Jun 21, 2023

Why didn't the infant universe collapse into a black hole?

Why didn't the universe collapse into a black hole during the earliest moments of the Big Bang? Simply put, because that's not how you make a black hole.

Space · Jun 21, 2023

Eerie echo detected coming from Milky Way's supermassive black hole

The sound marks a very intense period of activity as gas and dust were gobbled up

Wales Online · Jun 21, 2023

The loneliest monster black holes may also be the hungriest

Solitary supermassive black holes lurking in less populated areas of the universe munch on material more commonly than their more crowded counterparts, a new study reports.

Space · Jun 20, 2023

Stephen Hawking wanted scientists to 'make black holes' on Earth. Physics says it's possible.

When Stephen Hawking and I visited the Large Hadron Collider, he hoped for an unexpected physics breakthrough. His dreams may not be impossible.

Space · Jun 19, 2023

Could Earth be inside a black hole?

And for that matter, could our universe be inside a black hole?

LiveScience · Jun 18, 2023

Stephen Hawking's most famous prediction could mean that everything in the universe is doomed to evaporate, new study says

A new theory has radically revised Stephen Hawking's 1974 theory of black holes to predict that all objects with mass may eventually disappear.

Space · Jun 12, 2023