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Nine in 10 people fooled by 'moving' black hole optical illusion

The optical illusion, produced by Jackpotjoy, triggers the vast majority of people to see the black hole increasing in size and moving

Wales Online · Mar 15, 2023

NASA Uncovers a Massive Galactic Mystery 9 Billion Light-Years from Earth

X-ray and optical telescopes suggest that an ancient galaxy gobbled up its neighbors and likely lives alone in the distant Universe.

Inverse · Mar 9, 2023

Budget ‘black hole’ claims fly in NSW leaders’ debate

The NSW premier and the man who hopes to snatch his job say there are gaping holes in their opponent's budgets as they face off in their televised debate.

The New Daily · Mar 8, 2023

The cloud at the center of the galaxy

A "cloud" near the center of the galaxy is being dragged by a supermassive black hole. It won't last much longer

Salon · Feb 28, 2023

The Milky Way's Black Hole is Devouring a 278 Trillion Mile Gas Cloud

It could give us a front row seat to elusive black hole behavior.

Inverse · Feb 27, 2023

Supermassive black hole lurking at edge of universe one of biggest ever detected

The supermassive black hole contains over a billion solar masses worth of interstellar dust and lies at the centre of an extreme galaxy and dates back over 13 billion years

Daily Mirror · Feb 24, 2023

Deaths in custody are a crisis, but data on them is a black hole, a new report says

A new report indicates that the federal government severely undercounts people who died while being transported, detained or arrested by law enforcement and those who died while incarcerated.

WEKU · Feb 23, 2023

“I Almost Spit Out My Coffee”: A New JWST Early Universe Discovery Has Astronomers Giddy

New results show fully formed galaxies in the early Universe that could rewrite what we know about galaxies and black holes.

Inverse · Feb 22, 2023

Black holes don't just suck — they blow

Like a "chorus of tiny voices," black holes may generate the energy propelling the universe's rapid expansion

Salon · Feb 22, 2023

Alien Civilizations Could Use Black Holes as Massive Quantum Computers

If life is common in our Universe, and we have every reason to suspect it is, why do we not see evidence of it everywhere? Black holes may hold an answer.

Inverse · Feb 19, 2023