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X-ray telescope finds something unexpected with the 'heartbeat black hole'
By Samantha Mathewson published
Unexpected X-ray polarization challenges long-held ideas about how black holes behave.

Meet 'lite intermediate black holes,' the supermassive black hole's smaller, much more mysterious cousin
By Krystal Ruiz-Rocha, Karan Jani, Bill Smith published
There's a gap in black hole masses, and experts believe here is where 'lite intermediate black holes' reside.

Scientists find oldest-known black hole in the universe: 'This is about as far back as you can practically go'
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
A newfound supermassive black hole from the dawn of the universe challenges how early cosmic giants formed.

The biggest black hole ever seen? Scientists find one with mass of 36 billion suns
By Monisha Ravisetti published
Scientists have tapped into gravitational lensing and stellar dynamics to confirm the existence of a black hole with 36 billion solar masses.

A laser-propelled mini spacecraft could travel to a nearby black hole, astrophysicist says
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
A bold new proposal envisions launching laser-propelled nanocraft to a nearby black hole to test Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.

Exotic 'blazar' is part of most extreme double black hole system ever found, crooked jet suggests
By Keith Cooper published
A beam of particles speeding away from a monstrous black hole is severely kinked, suggesting that the black hole is actually part of the most extreme binary system known.

Did 'primordial' black holes born right after the Big Bang help our universe's 1st stars form?
By Robert Lea published
New research suggests that primordial black holes could have played an important role in the formation of the universe's first stars, but did they help or hinder?

James Webb Space Telescope finds black holes that waited patiently before devouring stars in dusty galaxies
By Robert Lea published
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers hunted supermassive black holes devouring stars in dusty galaxies — but laying in wait for their stellar victims.
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