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Tiny primordial black holes created in the Big Bang may have rapidly grown to supermassive sizes

Primordial black holes that formed during the earliest moments of the universe could have swollen quickly to supermassive sizes, complex…

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Why Some Black Holes Keep ‘Burping’ Light after Eating a Star

Black holes are invisible, yet they are among the brightest things in the universe. If a star wanders too close…

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Laws of physics are still broken: Attempt to explain away black holes’ central singularity falls short, scientist says

Reports of the singularity’s demise may have been premature. Earlier this year, new research suggested a potential solution to one…

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Facing steep funding cuts, scientists propose using black holes as particle colliders instead of building new ones on Earth

In the face of eye-watering costs, long construction times and the Trump administration’s slashing of federal science funding, physicists have…

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World’s first color images of black holes are on their way

Simulated image of the supermassive black hole in M87 seen at multiple frequencies. (Image credit: EHT, D. Pesce, A. Chael,…

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Black holes: Facts about the darkest objects in the universe

Quick facts about black holes What they are: Places in space where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape…

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A dozen black holes may be ‘wandering’ through our galaxy — and they’re the rarest type in the universe

The Milky Way has millions of small black holes and one giant supermassive black hole at its center. But does…

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String Theorists Say Black Holes Are Multidimensional String ‘Supermazes’

Black Holes May Be ‘Supermazes’ of Many-Dimensional Strings Physicists think the insides of black holes may be complex mazes of…

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Black holes may obey the laws of physics after all, new theory suggests

A team of scientists has developed a recipe for black holes that eliminates one of the most troubling aspects of…

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Two huge black holes merged into one and went flying across the cosmos

An image of the quasar 3C 186, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center A rare…

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