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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... a pair of black holes coalesced resulting in largest gravitational wave we've seen

VideoVoid forged in merger event also the first of its kind spotted

02 Sep 2020

Pew, pew, pew! Our galaxy is shooting cold, gaseous 'bullets' of high-speed matter. Boffins are baffled

Mysterious behavior spotted at the Milky Way's center

21 Aug 2020

If the Solar System's 'Planet Nine' is actually a small black hole, here's how we could detect it... wait, what?

There may be a small black hole on the edge of our Solar System? 2020, please stop

10 Jul 2020

Remember that black hole just 1,000 light years from Earth? Scientists queue up to say it may not exist after all

This year is just one disappointment after another, eh?

02 Jul 2020

Boffins baffled as supergiant star just vanishes – either it partially blew itself apart or quietly turned into a black hole

Or was target practice for a Death Star?

01 Jul 2020

Grav wave boffins are unsure if they just spotted the smallest black hole or the biggest neutron star seen yet

Mysterious object's mass has challenged astrophysics models

24 Jun 2020

Check out the night sky in all its X-ray glory: Everything from hot gases to supernovas and massive black holes

PiceROSITA telescope shows a busy, energetic universe

19 Jun 2020

There's a black hole lurking within 1,000 light years of Earth – and you can see stars circling it with the naked eye

Disclaimer: Black hole not visible, southern hemisphere required

06 May 2020

Somewhere, way out there, two black holes, one large and one small, merged. And here on Earth, we detected the gravitational wave blast

When science fact is better than science fiction

21 Apr 2020

Star's rosette orbit around our supermassive black hole proves Einstein's Theory of General Relativity correct

27 years of watching the Milky Way's core – that's how proper science is done

17 Apr 2020

If you thought black holes only came in S or XXXL, guess again, maybe: Elusive mid-mass void spotted eating star

Could this candidate be a missing link between small and bonkers-massive?

02 Apr 2020

Remember that blurry first-ever photo of a black hole? Turns out snaps like that can tell us a lot about these matter-gobbling voids

VidWatch how layers of photon rings reveal things like spin and mass

19 Mar 2020

The mysterious giant blobs of gas around our galaxy's black hole are actually massive merger stars being shredded

Yum, long noodle-like stars

16 Jan 2020

You cannae break the laws of physics, cap'n... Boffins call BS on 'impossible' black hole, fear readings were botched

UpdatedWe knew it was too good to be true

12 Dec 2019

Planets may lurk in harshest environments. Not that Novell NetWare server you can't unplug – black holes

Technically possible but there's no way to check... for now

26 Nov 2019

Astroboffins rethink black hole theory after spotting tiny example with its own star buddy

The 'massive unseen companion' is still a mystery

01 Nov 2019

Black holes are like buses: You wait for one – and three turn up at once in galaxy merger

PicThree becoming one

26 Sep 2019

Astroboffins baffled as black hole at center of Milky Way suddenly a lot hungrier than before

Video'We've never seen it eat so much in over 20 years!'

13 Sep 2019

Articles about Black Hole

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... a pair of black holes coalesced resulting in largest gravitational wave we've seen

Pew, pew, pew! Our galaxy is shooting cold, gaseous 'bullets' of high-speed matter. Boffins are baffled

If the Solar System's 'Planet Nine' is actually a small black hole, here's how we could detect it... wait, what?

Remember that black hole just 1,000 light years from Earth? Scientists queue up to say it may not exist after all

Boffins baffled as supergiant star just vanishes – either it partially blew itself apart or quietly turned into a black hole

Grav wave boffins are unsure if they just spotted the smallest black hole or the biggest neutron star seen yet

Check out the night sky in all its X-ray glory: Everything from hot gases to supernovas and massive black holes

There's a black hole lurking within 1,000 light years of Earth – and you can see stars circling it with the naked eye

Somewhere, way out there, two black holes, one large and one small, merged. And here on Earth, we detected the gravitational wave blast

Star's rosette orbit around our supermassive black hole proves Einstein's Theory of General Relativity correct

If you thought black holes only came in S or XXXL, guess again, maybe: Elusive mid-mass void spotted eating star

Remember that blurry first-ever photo of a black hole? Turns out snaps like that can tell us a lot about these matter-gobbling voids

The mysterious giant blobs of gas around our galaxy's black hole are actually massive merger stars being shredded

You cannae break the laws of physics, cap'n... Boffins call BS on 'impossible' black hole, fear readings were botched

Planets may lurk in harshest environments. Not that Novell NetWare server you can't unplug – black holes

Astroboffins rethink black hole theory after spotting tiny example with its own star buddy

Black holes are like buses: You wait for one – and three turn up at once in galaxy merger

Astroboffins baffled as black hole at center of Milky Way suddenly a lot hungrier than before

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