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Astronomers have witnessed something incredible: a supermassive black hole that was dormant for decades suddenly waking up ...
Patagonia Black Hole, son! The 35L size of the MLC Wheelie was chosen for a particular reason: travel. More specifically, it was chosen because it means this bag meets the carry-on standards of even ...
A black hole tore into the same star twice, revealing that some stars may survive tidal disruption events and repeatedly flare.
Astronomers suspect the giant black hole at the heart of the Milky Way may have collided with another black hole in just the past 10 million years. At the core of the galaxy, about 26,000 light ...
Scientists say humans could indeed enter a black hole to study it. Of course, the human in question couldn’t report their findings—or ever come back. The reason is that supermassive black ...
Yes, science proves it's possible to safely jump into a black hole. But if you're going to try it, you need to know this one small catch.
Joseph Giaime, head of the observatory, joined Louisiana Considered to talk to us about the event’s significance, and how federal budget cuts could impact his observatory.
With the discovery of Infinity Galaxy, researchers believe they have found evidence of a direct collapse black hole by examining JWST data.
Scientists Found a Black Hole That Shouldn’t Exist. Now Physics Has a Problem. At 225 solar masses, this gargantuan merger of two black holes challenges our thinking on these famously elusive ...
Lightning might not strike twice, but black holes apparently do. An international group of researchers led by Tel Aviv University astronomers observed a flare caused when a star falls onto a black ...
Now, in a preprint uploaded to the arXiv server, LVK scientists have provided evidence that there’s a new heavyweight champion—a merger that produced a new 255-solar-mass black hole.
If West 57th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues exemplifies Manhattan’s regenerative energy, the block east between Fifth and Sixth avenues remains a black hole of development ambition.