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black hole
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Black Holes Exist. Are There “White” Ones?
Black holes, white holes, and wormholes are concepts that arise from Einstein’s general theory of relativity. While black…
Finding the Most Distant Black Hole Ever Detected
UHZ1 is the most distant black hole ever detected, located at the literal edge of the observable universe,…
March 1, 2024
Black hole, neutron star or something new? We discovered an object that defies explanation
An artist’s impression of the the NGC 1851E binary system, looking over the shoulder of the dark mystery…
February 2, 2024
How Do You Get Black Holes to Spin Fast?
Black holes seem like an immobile, immense entity out in space—but these massive gravitational behemoths do spin, and…
September 24, 2023
Can We Destroy Black Holes?
Assume a black hole is even coming our way, or perhaps our planet happens to approach one, and…
September 3, 2023
What Would You See If You Fell Into a Black Hole?
This is all hypothetical, of course, but imagine you’re about to fall into a black hole. What would…
September 2, 2023
Scientists Report First-ever Detection of Oscillating Signal from Galactic Black Hole System
An international team of scientists has made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting a unique signal in the radio…
August 8, 2023
Astronomers “Hear” Gravitational Waves Through the First-Ever Detection of a “Celestial Hum”
Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting the cosmic hum of gravitational waves generated by black hole…
July 11, 2023
Using a detector the size of a galaxy, astronomers find strongest evidence yet for gravitational waves from supermassive black hole pairs
OzGrav / Swinburne / Carl Knox Daniel Reardon, Swinburne University of Technology and Andrew Zic, CSIRO When black…
July 10, 2023
Invisible “Monster” Black Hole Racing Through Space Leaves 200,000-Light-Year-Long Trail of Newborn Stars
NASA‘s Hubble Space Telescope has captured an unusual trail of newborn stars left by a supermassive black hole…
April 25, 2023