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James Webb telescope solves 'impossible' black hole mystery
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to revisit a misunderstood black hole thought to be gulping matter 40 times faster than the theoretical limit. It turns out, dust may have obscured the truth.
Newly 'awakened' black hole is releasing 100 times more energy than scientists have seen before
The quasi-periodic eruptions of X-rays from a black hole 300 million light-years away are unlike any researchers have ever seen before.
Incredible photo shows supermassive black hole blowing a jet of matter into interstellar space
A spiral galaxy known as NGC 4945 exhibits powerful winds of material blowing from the supermassive black hole located at its core in a new photo taken by the Very Large Telescope in Chile.
Black holes can destroy planets — but they can also lead us to thriving alien worlds. Here's how.
Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in that galaxy is rotating.
Black holes may obey the laws of physics after all, new theory suggests
"The singularity is the most mysterious and problematic part of a black hole. It's where our concepts of space and time literally no longer make sense."
Stephen Hawking's black hole theory has big implications for the shape of the universe, new study claims
Elusive black hole radiation predicted by Stephen Hawking may have influenced the way the universe took shape after the Big Bang, new research suggests.
Record-setting black hole 'echo' accidentally uncovered by high-school student
While sifting out signatures of supernova remnants, a high-schooler stumbled upon the afterglow of a dormant black hole. It may be one of the largest ever seen.
Is our universe trapped inside a black hole? This James Webb Space Telescope discovery might blow your mind
"I think that the simplest explanation of the rotating universe is the universe was born in a rotating black hole."
Evidence for Stephen Hawking's unproven black hole theory may have just been found — at the bottom of the sea
The recent discovery of a stupendously powerful neutrino has left scientists scratching their heads. New research suggests it could be evidence that Stephen Hawking was right about the nature of black holes and the early universe.
Unproven Einstein theory of 'gravitational memory' may be real after all, new study hints
Einstein's theory of general relativity suggests that the "memory" of ancient events, such as black hole mergers, may be etched into the fabric of space-time by gravitational waves. New research shows how this theory of gravitational memory could finally be proven.
