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Scientists may have just discovered 300 of the rarest black holes in the universe
By Ben Turner published
How black holes grow to monstrous scales is one of astronomy's prevailing enigmas. A new record-breaking dataset, which reveals 300 potential 'missing link black holes', could help to unravel it.

James Webb Space Telescope discovers mysterious flares near the Milky Way's monster black hole
By Ben Turner published
Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's supermassive black hole, is constantly producing strange eruptions. Astronomers are using the James Webb Space Telescope to find out why.

Astronomers catch black holes 'cooking' their own meals in bizarre, endless feeding cycle
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Black holes can actively regulate the material they consume, using powerful jets of gas blasted into space, according to a new study. It suggests many such cosmic beasts effectively "cook" their own meals.

Astronomers unsure what caused 'weird explosion' seen by Einstein Probe's X-ray eye
By Robert Lea published
Was a powerful cosmic explosion seen by the Einstein Probe launched by a supermassive black hole snacking on a star, by a gamma-ray burst, or by something entirely new?

Scientists discover black holes spinning unexpectedly fast: 'You’re essentially looking at its fossil record'
By Robert Lea published
A new form of black hole archeology, linking spin to gas and dust, has revealed that these cosmic titans spin faster than expected.

'Impossible' black holes detected by James Webb telescope may finally have an explanation — if this ultra-rare form of matter exists
By Andrey Feldman published
Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal monster black holes in the early universe that seem to have grown too big, too fast. New research points to a strange form of dark matter as a possible culprit.

Milky Way quiz: How well do you know our home galaxy?
By Harry Baker published
Test your knowledge of the Milky Way's size, speed, age, galactic neighbors and more.

Supermassive black holes in 'little red dot' galaxies are 1,000 times larger than they should be, and astronomers don't know why
By Robert Lea published
"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied."

Supermassive black hole spotted 12.9 billion light-years from Earth — and it's shooting a beam of energy right at us
By Harry Baker published
The newly discovered "blazar," which has a mass equal to 700 million suns, is the oldest of its kind ever seen and changes what we know about the early universe.
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