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Crashing black holes validate Stephen Hawking – new research

Black holes may be the fiercest objects in the universe, yet we still know very little about them. It has only been a decade since we confirmed their existence by detecting gravitational waves: ripples in the fabric of spacetime.

The Conversation

Stephen Hawking's long-contested black hole theory finally confirmed — as scientists 'hear' 2 event horizons merge into one

Black holes get bigger as they merge, the LIGO Collaboration confirmed with a new observation that could finally prove a decades-old Stephen Hawking theory.

LiveScience

Gravitational wave detector confirms theories of Einstein and Hawking: 'This is the clearest view yet of the nature of black holes'

Celebrating 10 years since the first detection of gravitational waves coming from colliding black holes, LIGO has confirmed the predictions of the greatest minds in physics.

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Small black holes are surprisingly messy eaters, Japanese spacecraft discovers: 'Being surprised is good'

It isn't just supermassive black holes that are messy eaters. Using a Japanese space telescope called XRISM, scientists have found that small black holes are a "hot mess," too.

Space

'EVE Online''s space survival spinoff uses realistic simulations and algorithms to build a whole new universe (exclusive)

'EVE Frontier' developers Helgi Freyr Rúnarsson and Guðlaugur Jóhannesson talk galaxy merger models, black holes, and the thin line between science and fun.

Space

What scientists have learned from the biggest ever collision of black holes

Massive black holes may not always be formed the way we thought.

Al Jazeera

How the James Webb, Euclid and Roman space telescopes could team up to hunt supermassive black holes from the dawn of time

Three powerful space telescopes, Euclid, Roman, and the James Webb Space Telescope, could team up to detect black holes as early as 250 million years after the Big Bang.

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Gravitational waves reveal 'stellar graveyard' packed with neutron star and black hole mergers

Astronomers have doubled the number of black hole and neutron star mergers detected via gravitational waves in a "stellar graveyard," as well as "hearing" the heaviest black hole binary yet.

Space

Reeves names last possible date for Budget as she eyes tax hikes to plug £40bn black hole

Sources tell The Independent the chancellor favours raising capital gains tax and introducing a gambling levy

The Independent UK

Economy ‘not working well enough’, says Reeves as she sets November 26 Budget

There are concerns that the Chancellor will be forced to hike taxes as she seeks to plug a black hole in the nation’s finances.

Evening Standard

Chancellor Rachel Reeves admits economy 'is not working well enough' as she reveals Budget date

The Chancellor is facing pressure to steady the UK economy and plug a £41 billion black hole in public finances

Evening Standard

Magic: The Gathering has gone to space, so we talked to an astrophysicist about the striking art in 'Edge of Eternities' (exclusive)

The iconic tabletop card game has dabbled in science fiction before, but this new set is space opera-flavored and full of celestial phenomena.

Space

Black hole quiz: How deep is your gravitational knowledge?

This quiz invites you to journey into the depths of these gravitational giants.

Space

‘A paradigm change’: black hole spotted that may have been created moments after big bang

Sighting by James Webb space telescope of black hole with sparse halo of material could upend theories of the universe

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Reeves warned she will have to break manifesto commitment on tax to deal with economic black hole

Leading economists have questioned strategy of ‘fiddling around’ with new small taxes – such as the mansion and gambling taxes – to avoid economic crisis

Space

Warped spacetime with surprise 'double-zoom' reveals radiation around distant supermassive black hole

A happy coincidence and a theory first put forward by Albert Einstein over 100 years ago helped scientists detect faint radiation around a distant supermassive black hole.

Space

Could black hole mergers finally solve the Hubble tension? Probably not

Astronomers just ruled out merging black holes as a possible solution to a giant discrepancy plaguing cosmology.

Space

Dark matter could create black holes that devour exoplanets from within

Dark matter could gather at the heart of Jupiter-sized worlds, eventually creating a black hole that eats its way out of its exoplanet host.

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Black holes that transform matter into dark energy could solve 'cosmic hiccups' mystery

If black holes are actually droplets of dark energy that convert stellar matter into this mysterious and dominant force, many "cosmic hiccups" could soon be cured.

LiveScience

Scientists think they detected the first known triple black hole system in the universe — and then watched it die

Chinese astronomers have spotted a hidden supermassive black hole in the background of a peculiar gravitational wave event from a black hole merger, hinting that all three singularities were locked in a never-before-seen triple system.

TechRadar

I compared ChatGPT-5 Pro with ChatGPT-5 – and there's no doubt about the winner

Comparing ChatGPT 5 Pro to the standard version of the AI model.

Patagonia just made a suitcase that's like no other

The Black Hole MLC Wheelie proves there’s still room for innovation in travel gear

Space

X-ray telescope finds something unexpected with the 'heartbeat black hole'

Unexpected X-ray polarization challenges long-held ideas about how black holes behave.

LiveScience

Giant, cosmic 'Eye of Sauron' snapped staring directly at us in stunning 15-year time-lapse photo

Researchers have combined 15 years' worth of radio data to peer through the cone of a high-energy jet and unravel the magnetic mysteries of a "blazar" billions of light-years from Earth. The new findings also shed light on the origin of elusive "ghost particles."

Space

Meet 'lite intermediate black holes,' the supermassive black hole's smaller, much more mysterious cousin

There's a gap in black hole masses, and experts believe here is where 'lite intermediate black holes' reside.

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