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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb Space Telescope's strange little red dots may really be 'black hole stars', X-ray data suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Finding X-rays coming from one of the little red dots discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope could be the key to answering what these weird objects truly are. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ywqq7nQP6cv5WZcqUqmTKg-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/CXC/SAO/M. Weiss; adapted by K. Arcand and J. Major.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of a window into the heart of a little red dot, revealing the supermassive black hole within.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A tiny black hole with a white-blue disk around it. There are reddish hues all around.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Did decaying dark matter help create the universe's first supermassive black holes? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "With the James Webb Space Telescope now revealing more supermassive black holes in the early universe, this mechanism may help bridge the gap between theory and observation." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fVw9FBhDcaYkFbVqjJGUq-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of a supermassive black hole against a background of dark matter.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A black circle surrounded by yellow and orange light. The background has purplish lights moving horizontally.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Dancing' jets erupting from a cannibalistic black hole have the power of 10,000 suns ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have discovered that jets from a cannibalistic black hole are erupting with the power of 10,000 suns. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NEei5SVnvByjSNVsFuhUi6-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research(ICRAR)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The strong stellar wind from the supergiant starpushes the jets launched by the black hole away from the star. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The strong stellar wind from the supergiant starpushes the jets launched by the black hole away from the star. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ripples in spacetime may have revealed 1st evidence of tiny black holes born in the Big Bang ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Gravitational waves may have provided the first tantalizing evidence of tiny primordial black holes born during the Big Bang, which could account for dark matter. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XsaWoUNwD2os4gADQgB6gd-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration showing a clustering of tiny primordial black holes that could account for dark matter.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A bunch of black circles over hazy tendrils and swirls in space is illustrated here.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Galaxy starves its supermassive black hole, loses 95% of its brightness ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "It is fascinating that an active galactic nucleus can change its brightness so dramatically over such a short period of time." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kFcEm4JYdtA6HHoq6AxBp-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[(Left) A distant supermassive black hole during its bright feeding phase (Right). The same black hole after its food supply is cut off, and it has dimmed.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[On the left, an illustration of a bright object in space. On the right, the same object looks significantly dimmer.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Could our universe exist because black holes ate up all the antimatter? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Did primordial black holes born during the Big Bang swallow the universe's antimatter, allowing matter to dominate the cosmos? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:59:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JjhmXS8mFkbE5qXSnb8ggA-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows a primordial black hole embedded in matter and antimatter, but did these Big Bang-born black holes prefer to consume antimatter?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A black circle in the center of the illustration surrounded by swirling glowing patterns spiraling outward from it. The left side is colored red while the right side is colored purple.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ X-ray spacecraft watches monster black hole wake up and fire cosmic bullets at starburst galaxy ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The research could shed light on how black holes vomit out matter and how this influences their home galaxies. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:14:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EfPEznfetDrGHyxBc9hwwQ-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the supermassive black hole IRAS 05189-2524 which the XRISM spacecraft watched spring back to life]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the supermassive black hole IRAS 05189-2524 which the XRISM spacecraft watched spring back to life]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Black hole and neutron star mergers push the laws of physics with their odd orbits ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of physics. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EmaYyXsYbtCknzr4JwN2JD-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Geraint Pratten, Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Birmingham]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An Illustration of an eccentric neutron star–black hole binary. The neutron star’s path is shown in blue and the black hole’s motion in orange as the two objects orbit each other.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ Illustration of an eccentric neutron star–black hole binary. The neutron star’s path is shown in blue and the black hole’s motion in orange as the two objects orbit each other.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The universe is humming with ripples in spacetime: Scientists just doubled our catalog of black hole and neutron star collisions ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The catalog of gravitational waves "heard" by LIGO, KAGRA and Virgo has doubled with detections of spacetime ripples. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 21:31:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AU4KyD58keEkWydH4ooKJh-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists have discovered over 100 more gravitational wave events.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of colliding black holes setting the fabric of space ringing with gravitational waves.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Black holes! Supernovas! Merging galaxies! Oh my! Largest radio survey of the cosmos ever reveals 13.7 million powerful cosmic objects and events ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have used the LOFAR telescope array to create the largest radio survey of the cosmos, revealing 13.7 million cosmic scenes, including supermassive black holes, merging galaxies, and supernova explosions. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BdHb23dnDCzfjWzeVfdgyC-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Maya Horton / LOFAR Surveys Collaboration/Robert Lea]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[(Main) the radio universe as seen by LOFAR (Inset). Illustrations of some of the objects and events seen in radio waves.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image showing blobs of yellow and purple light with insets of illustrations showing what these blobs could represent.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Starlight warped in the fabric of spacetime could help us find hidden black holes dancing together ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Flashes of gravitationally lensed starlight could act as cosmic lighthouses revealing the presence of binary supermassive black holes in close orbit. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:58:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VAGT8xLGFWzj5UeRpR7pEe-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of gravitationally lensed starlight (orange) by a supermassive black hole binary. In blue is gravitationally lensed light that forms a circle.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of two black circles in the center of the screen separated by a red dot. There&#039;s a glowing blue circle around both black circles and a red semi-circle at the bottom.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA X-ray spacecraft stares into the 'eye of the storm' swirling around supermassive black holes ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The NASA/JAXA X-ray spacecraft has allowed astronomers to dive into the metaphorical "eye of the storm" swirling around supermassive black holes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:27:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7m3KGMqKhwNrKVJp48qVvT-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[S. Dagnello/NRAO/AUI/NSF/ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[(Main) An illustration of the supermassive black hole M87* (Inset) the NASA/JAXA mission XRISM]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[(Main) An illustration of the supermassive black hole M87* (Inset) the NASA/JAXA mission XRISM]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Supermassive serial killers: Astronomers discover how black holes 'kill off' neighboring galaxies ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have discovered that active supermassive black holes don't just kill their home galaxies, but can also eradicate star formation for their neighbors. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2BEqQRFuXRTMxDJ4s3vHFd-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of an active supermassive black hole powering a bright quasar.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration showing a disk of gas and dust in space with two jets coming from either pole.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hubble and Chandra space telescopes hunt for rogue black holes wandering through dwarf galaxies ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Hubble and Chandra space telescopes are hunting for rogue black holes wandering through dwarf galaxies, which could provide a fossil record of how supermassive black hole growth in the early universe. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Btgb39DtsLwyEaV6YB9BD8-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows a wandering black hole and its home, a shining off center AGN in a dwarf galaxy]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration shows a wandering black hole and its home, a shining off center AGN in a dwarf galaxy]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New fear unlocked: runaway black holes ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ If a pair of black holes coalesce into one, much of that vast energy can be released in a few seconds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ David Blair ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Z3Ttdjs5MYoNeVei2AoxjG-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of many black holes spir4alinging into a larger central black hole]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of many black holes spir4alinging into a larger central black hole]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists may have found a 'missing-link' black hole ripping up and devouring a star ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An unusual tidal disruption event spotted by astronomers may be the result of an elusive intermediate mass black hole ripping apart a star. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ziLUfcpZKdNodG7ttnHh3e-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESA/C. Carreau]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of a tidal disruption event in which a star is devoured by a black hole.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A illustration of a tidal disruption event in which a star is devoured by a black hole]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'The beacons were lit!' Scientists name merging supermassive black holes after 'Lord of the Rings' locations ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/black-holes/the-beacons-were-lit-scientists-name-merging-supermassive-black-holes-after-lord-of-the-rings-locations</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have named two systems of colliding supermassive black holes after Lord of the Rings locations, Gondor and Rohan. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/faSUaf7FrF3BrbEUCYC5CG-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Scott Noble; simulation data, d&#039;Ascoli et al. 2018]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A screenshot from a simulation of colliding supermassive black holes]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A screenshot from a simulation of colliding supermassive black holes]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomers witness vanishing star collapse into a black hole in Andromeda galaxy ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers tracked a star in Andromeda as it dimmed and vanished without the usual fiery explosion, offering rare clues to how black holes form. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 19:55:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HnpVzYQXYa5yzYJnL3VXF6-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Keith Miller, Caltech/IPAC - SELab]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of a dark section of space with a few stars and there&#039;s a glowing white orb in the center. There&#039;s a shell of red material around it.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a dark section of space with a few stars and there&#039;s a glowing white orb in the center. There&#039;s a shell of red material around it.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This supermassive black hole jet is more powerful than the Death Star's laser ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ It's nicknamed Jetty McJetface. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:45:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bSpRfkk6FLhyynzTy4hxWi-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[DESY, Science Communication Lab]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artistic representation of a tidal disruption event, or a black hole shredding a star.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artistic representation of a tidal disruption event, or a black hole shredding a star.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Did astronomers see a black hole explode? An 'impossible' particle that hit Earth in 2023 may tell us ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "If our hypothesized dark charge is true, then we believe there could be a significant population of primordial black holes, which would be consistent with other astrophysical observations, and account for all the missing dark matter in the universe." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2zwJQfcoh55WtPyoSDqgc5-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A speculative illustration of tiny primordial black holes. Have physicists just seen one explode?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A speculative illustration of tiny primordial black holes. Have physicists just seen one explode?]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomers watch 1st black hole ever imaged launch a 3,000‑light‑year‑long cosmic jet from its glowing 'shadow' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/black-holes/astronomers-watch-1st-black-hole-ever-imaged-launch-a-3-000-light-year-long-cosmic-jet-from-its-glowing-shadow</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "It is amazing to see that we are gradually moving towards combining these breakthrough observations across multiple frequencies and completing the picture of the jet launching region." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:01:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hpLw8QjLxtFpwGinGSiYF7-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA, ESA, A. Lessing (Stanford University), E. Baltz (Stanford University), M. Shara (AMNH), J. DePasquale (STScI)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[M87* and its cosmic blowtorch-like jet as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[M87* and its cosmic blowtorch-like jet as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Are mysterious 'Little Red Dots' discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope actually nurseries for direct-collapse black holes? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most massive black holes in the universe." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:33:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UAbi349tMSZSPkMHFMjpY6-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows a direct collapse black hole forming at the heart of a Little Red Dot]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration shows a direct collapse black hole forming at the heart of a Little Red Dot]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A black hole 'feeding frenzy' could help explain a cosmic mystery uncovered by the James Webb Space Telescope ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most massive black holes in the universe." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 21:29:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YPG3DZ5SKHAaxfuBAQvRPc-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Regan/ Mehta/ et al (2026)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of black hole seeds greedily feasting on gas and dust in the early universe]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of black hole seeds greedily feasting on gas and dust in the early universe]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Reborn black hole seen erupting across 1 million light-years of space like a cosmic volcano ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/black-holes/reborn-black-hole-seen-erupting-across-1-million-light-years-of-space-like-a-cosmic-volcano</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "It's like watching a cosmic volcano erupt again after ages of calm — except this one is big enough to carve out structures stretching nearly a million light-years across space." ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/D68AMQQCwSvt3v4sKaaArY-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[LOFAR/Pan-STARRS/S. Kumari et al.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The comic volcano J1007+3540, the eruption of a once dormant black hole, as seen by LOFAR]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The comic volcano J1007+3540, the eruption of a once dormant black hole, as seen by LOFAR]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What are 'dark' stars? Scientists think they could explain 3 big mysteries in the universe ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "This is a structure we've never seen before, so it could be a new class of dark object." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:29:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Yf35bSMdkf4sgjiybEnzFb-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/Ákos Bogdán; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare &amp; K. Arcand]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[UHZ1, a record breaking galaxy 13.2 billion light-years away, seen when the universe was only 3% of its current age harboring a supermassive black hole that could not have possibly been seeded even by regular stars]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[UHZ1, a record breaking galaxy 13.2 billion light-years away, seen when the universe was only 3% of its current age harboring a supermassive black hole that could not have possibly been seeded even by regular stars]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb Space Telescope's mysterious 'little red dots' may be black holes in disguise ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "If they were purely made up of stars, they would be the densest galaxies in the universe." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:15:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ cqchoi@sciwriter.us (Charles Q. Choi) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8XaHPcUzUEmYsXS3fgMZ3U-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[adim Rusakov/CEERS/PRIMER]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The James Webb Space Telescope&#039;s little red dot discoveries continue to capture scientists&#039; attention.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A deep space image showing the glow of stars and galaxies against a black background along with little red dots throughout the image. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Massive supernova explosion may have created a binary black hole ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of black hole binaries." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QgJwUJSeJ7QDrT2xR5Vz9B-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[KyotoU / Keiichi Maeda]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows a spiral of hot dark matter spewing forward from the Big Bang ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The supernova SN 2022esa as seen by the Subaru telescope. Was this a precursor to a binary black holes]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA X-ray instrument finds black holes act like 'cosmic seesaws' shaping the universe ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/black-holes/nasa-x-ray-instrument-finds-black-holes-act-like-cosmic-seesaws-shaping-the-universe</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "We're seeing what could be described as an energetic tug-of-war inside the black hole's accretion flow." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:55:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YC2ATnieoKSBLLiNwot2Fj-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESO/M. Kornmesser.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows a black hole blowing out a powerful cosmic wind]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration shows a black hole blowing out a powerful cosmic wind]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Death by a thousand cuts': James Webb Space Telescope figures out how black hole murdered Pablo's Galaxy ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/black-holes/death-by-a-thousand-cuts-james-webb-space-telescope-figures-out-how-black-hole-murdered-pablos-galaxy</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "It points to a slow starvation rather than a single dramatic death blow." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:33:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jLX5UunM5VHSz4UY9rdQXU-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The young galaxy GS-10578 as seen by the JWST which was starved to death by its supermassive black hole]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ The young galaxy GS-10578 as seen by the JWST which was starved to death by its supermassive black hole]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomers watch 2 supermassive black holes caught in a twisted dance with never-before-seen jet behavior ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "This result shows that the Event Horizon Telescope is not only useful for producing spectacular images, but can also be used to understand the physics that govern black hole jets." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tgMzuuacJWYAtq6kqNFh8J-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[EHT Collaboration / E. Traianou]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Images of the twisted jet of matter OJ287 erupting from a distant black hole as seen by the EHT]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Images of the twisted jet of matter OJ287 erupting from a distant black hole as seen by the EHT]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomers baffled by 'mysterious disruptor' with a mass of 1 million suns and a black hole for a heart ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "This is a structure we've never seen before, so it could be a new class of dark object." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:57:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9oDpVb7cNPRj8fVRpq6EhA-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of a mysterious disrupter discovered by astronomers via its gravitational effects.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a mysterious disrupter discovered by astronomers via its gravitational effects.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA X-ray spacecraft reveals the shockingly violent history of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Nothing in my professional training as an X-ray astronomer had prepared me for something like this." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:55:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8s5tdx8XeoFzeFMW22GAU9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Sagittarius A* as seen by the Event Horizon Telescope may be quiet now, but it wasn&#039;t always so peaceful]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A glowing orange ring over a dark backgound]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Super star' being shredded by black hole releases as much energy as 400 billion suns ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "This was many times more energetic than any similar event and more than any known explosion powered by the collapse of a star." ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hM2KdqL6N4ybK9GxQKSMAZ-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC) ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the biggest and most distant black hole flare ever seen]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the biggest and most distant black hole flare ever seen]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Event horizon hunt: A black hole word search ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hunt for key terms that define one of the universe's most mind-bending phenomena—from event horizons to singularities. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenna Hughes-Castleberry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2tBc7RJFraeFNmw4e5dn4c-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s concept of two black holes circling each other before merging. For the first time in history, scientists have directly observed a black hole merger, using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO). ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s concept of two black holes circling each other before merging. For the first time in history, scientists have directly observed a black hole merger, using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO). ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The biggest black hole breakthroughs of 2025 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 2025 was another big year for black holes, and here's our pick of the top black hole stories from the last twelve months. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/H3diCxovWHioHRKMVmq34T-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[2025 was a big year for black holes]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[2025 was a big year for black holes]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious bright blue cosmic blasts triggered by black holes shredding stars, scientists say. 'It's definitely not just an exploding star.' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "The sheer amount of radiated energy from these bursts is so large that you can't power them with a core collapse stellar explosion — or any other type of normal stellar explosion." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AP2vhGhxA8Bn5QJkiNY2QT-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[(Main) This composite image features X-ray, ultraviolet, optical, and near-infrared data of the luminous fast blue optical transient (LFBOT) named AT 2024wpp. The transient is the bright spot at the upper right edge of its host galaxy, which is 1.1 billion light-years from Earth. (Inset) An illustration of a Tidal Disruption Event]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[(Main) This composite image features X-ray, ultraviolet, optical, and near-infrared data of the luminous fast blue optical transient (LFBOT) named AT 2024wpp. The transient is the bright spot at the upper right edge of its host galaxy, which is 1.1 billion light-years from Earth. (Inset) An illustration of a Tidal Disruption Event]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb Space Telescope watches 'Jekyll and Hyde' galaxy shapeshift into a cosmic monster ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Virgil has two personalities, its 'good' side – a typical young galaxy quietly forming stars. But Virgil transforms into the host of a heavily obscured supermassive black hole, pouring out immense quantities of energy." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:36:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GEK24kRNRTHh2MzEbEnfgg-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESA/Webb, NASA &amp; CSA, G. Östlin, P. G. Perez-Gonzalez, J. Melinder, the JADES Collaboration, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the JWST against a &quot;filament&quot; of dark matter strteching many light-years through space]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A monster in plain sight. The galaxy Virgil changed before the eyes of stunning astronomers]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb Space Telescope confirms 1st 'runaway' supermassive black hole rocketing through home galaxy at 2.2 million mph: 'It boggles the mind!' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/black-holes/james-webb-space-telescope-confirms-1st-runaway-supermassive-black-hole-rocketing-through-cosmic-owl-galaxies-at-2-2-million-mph-it-boggles-the-mind</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "The forces that are needed to dislodge such a massive black hole from its home are enormous." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:29:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eGeN4NAfyoMYzDjo6CXRK-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Runaway supermassive black hole flees the Cosmic Owl galaxies leaving a trail of stars]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Runaway supermassive black hole flees the Cosmic Owl galaxies leaving a trail of stars]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Einstein's right again! Scientists catch a feasting black hole dragging the very fabric of spacetime ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/black-holes/einsteins-right-again-scientists-catch-a-feasting-black-hole-dragging-the-very-fabric-of-spacetime</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "This is a real gift for physicists as we confirm predictions made more than a century ago." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:33:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RE83dKVxqEJ8Y3CAkzkfDP-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration showing the accretion disc surrounding a black hole, in which the inner region of the disc wobbles.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration showing the accretion disc surrounding a black hole, in which the inner region of the disc wobbles.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The James Webb Space Telescope just found the oldest supernova ever seen ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/james-webb-space-telescope/the-james-webb-space-telescope-just-found-the-oldest-supernova-ever-seen</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The supernova exploded over 13 billion years ago in a galaxy far, far away. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 22:16:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:52:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TBVuqLB67VVnwZJvZFqzWT-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Andrew Levan (Radboud University); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI).]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The faint spot of light of the supernova responsible for GRB 250314A, seen by the James Webb Space Telescope as it existed 13 billion years ago. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A deep space image showing various colored stars and galaxies, with a boxout showing a supernova with the label GRB 250314A, in white text]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This 7-hour cosmic explosion is the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen. Could it be from an elusive class of black hole? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "This is certainly an outburst unlike any other we've seen in the past 50 years." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Bajtf95DthzLGPoT98jhPf-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Garlick]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of GRB 250702B and the dusty galaxy from which it erupted]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of GRB 250702B and the dusty galaxy from which it erupted]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This supermassive black hole flung out matter at 134 million mph: 'On a scale almost too big to imagine' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/black-holes/this-supermassive-black-hole-flung-out-matter-at-134-million-mph-on-a-scale-almost-too-big-to-imagine</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ In other words, the matter traveled at 20% the speed of light. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:51:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kiona N. Smith ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/M9soBWdxYEa8AxUBiNs5Th-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[European Space Agency (ESA)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The gravitational monster whipped up powerful winds, flinging material out into space at eye-watering speeds of 60 000 km per second.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a black hole with golden rings of gas and dust around it with a jet of energy shooting upwards on its right side.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists discover 53 powerful quasars shooting out jets up to 50 times wider than our Milky Way ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/black-holes/scientists-discover-53-powerful-quasars-shooting-out-jets-up-to-50-times-wider-than-our-milky-way</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "The sizes of these radio jets are not comparable to our solar system or even our galaxy." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:41:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mbw5eAyWadRbRxkStkP8VF-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Pal, et al (2025)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Two examples of the newly discovered giant radio quasars, each spanning millions of light years.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two examples of the newly discovered giant radio quasars, each spanning millions of light years.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft hears a red giant star 'singing' to its partner black hole ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS has heard the song a star-quaking red giant sings to its partner black hole. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 18:09:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:02:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zKnwhQmr7uKGkEQuZAqQoR-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows a red giant star in a binary system with a black hole]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of an orange orb in front of a black hole.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Have gravitational waves provided the first hint of primordial black holes born during the Big Bang? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/black-holes/have-gravitational-waves-provided-the-first-hint-of-primordial-black-holes-born-during-the-big-bang</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists may have "heard" the first tantalizing evidence of primordial black holes formed directly from overly dense pockets of matter just after the Big Bang. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/E7CXgoY2rqbTvyftzcSSL3-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Robert Lea (created with Canva)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows a standard black hole about to merge with a much smaller primordial black hole.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a large black hole with a smaller black hole orbiting around it.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb Space Telescope watches our Milky Way galaxy's monster black hole fire out a flare ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Observations of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*, collected by the James Webb Space Telescope, have allowed scientists to better understand how this cosmic titan fires off flares. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:19:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mT3zi6jXUdAw5994P3wGHo-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[CfA/Mel Weiss]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the mid-infrared flare moving as electrons spiral around the magnetic fields of Sgr A*.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration showing a black circle in the center and three swirling light balls moving counterclockwise. There are swirls of matter in the back, in the form of a disk around the black hole.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb Space Telescope spots rapidly feeding supermassive black hole in the infant universe: 'This discovery is truly remarkable.' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "This challenges our understanding of black hole and galaxy formation in the early universe." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xoJNa3HDFxJSTBgsfa68AW-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESA/Webb, NASA &amp; CSA, G. Rihtaršič (University of Ljubljana, FMF), R. Tripodi (University of Ljubljana, FMF)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[(Left) an image of many glowing galaxies in various shapes and colours, including spiral and elliptical galaxies, on a black background. A small box near the top of this image highlights a small collection of galaxies. (Right) the same area zoomed in to reveal its details up close. This region shows a small circular red galaxy in the centre, which is labelled “CANUCS-LRD-z8.6”]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[(Left) an image of many glowing galaxies in various shapes and colours, including spiral and elliptical galaxies, on a black background. A small box near the top of this image highlights a small collection of galaxies. (Right) the same area zoomed in to reveal its details up close. This region shows a small circular red galaxy in the centre, which is labelled “CANUCS-LRD-z8.6”]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[(Left) an image of many glowing galaxies in various shapes and colours, including spiral and elliptical galaxies, on a black background. A small box near the top of this image highlights a small collection of galaxies. (Right) the same area zoomed in to reveal its details up close. This region shows a small circular red galaxy in the centre, which is labelled “CANUCS-LRD-z8.6”]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Euclid space telescope observed 1.2 million galaxies in just 1 year. Here's what we've learned ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The data is starting to reveal how galaxies and their black holes evolve. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:48:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A9wrfBaJBbrf95QkPwa4A8-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, diagram by J.-C. Cuillandre, L. Quilley, F. Marleau]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A diagram showing a &quot;galactic tuning fork&quot; demonstarting the evolution of galaxies as observed by Euclid]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A diagram showing a &quot;galactic tuning fork&quot; demonstarting the evolution of galaxies as observed by Euclid]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ As our black hole images get more detailed, we may find Einstein wasn't quite right about them ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Albert Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity, may not be  the best recipe to describe black holes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:17:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CAaBKRjjJNLh8KnoLAtEFn-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Luciano Rezzolla/Goethe University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of future black hole images showing a subtle variation between those described by general relativity and those not.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of future black hole images showing a subtle variation between those described by general relativity and those not.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists solve the mystery of 'impossible' merger of 'forbidden' black holes ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists may have solved the mystery of an "impossible" merger between two black holes so massive and fast-spinning that they shouldn't even exist, according to current theory. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2tBc7RJFraeFNmw4e5dn4c-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s concept of two black holes circling each other before merging. For the first time in history, scientists have directly observed a black hole merger, using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO). ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s concept of two black holes circling each other before merging. For the first time in history, scientists have directly observed a black hole merger, using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO). ]]></media:text>
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