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Confirmed! Black hole merger shows Stephen Hawking theory was right
By Elizabeth Howell published
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.

Scientists think they detected the first known triple black hole system in the universe — and then watched it die
By Harry Baker published
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.

Giant, cosmic 'Eye of Sauron' snapped staring directly at us in stunning 15-year time-lapse photo
By Harry Baker published
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."

Colossal black hole 36 billion times the mass of our sun is one of the largest ever seen in the universe
By Elizabeth Howell published
We know little about how young galaxies and their black holes grew up.

Scientists use Stephen Hawking theory to propose 'black hole morsels' — strange, compact objects that could reveal new physics
By Andrey Feldman published
Violent black hole collisions may create black hole 'morsels' no larger than an asteroid — and these bizarre objects could pave the way to unlocking new physics, a study claims.

James Webb telescope spots earliest black hole in the known universe, looking 'as far back as you can practically go'
By Skyler Ware published
Astronomers using the James Webb telescope have zoomed in on a 'Little Red Dot' that existed just 500 million years after the Big Bang, and found that it may contain the earliest known black hole in the universe.
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