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Stephen Hawking's most famous prediction could mean that everything in the universe is doomed to evaporate, new study says
By Ben Turner published
A new theory has radically revised Stephen Hawking's 1974 theory of black holes to predict that all objects with mass may eventually disappear.
Brilliant gamma-ray flare 100 times brighter than our entire galaxy reveals 1 monster black hole is actually 2
By Robert Lea published
A second supermassive black hole at the heart of a distant galaxy was confirmed by blasts of energy caused as it plunges through a disk of gas and dust around its larger companion.
Mysterious cosmic threads are reaching out from the Milky Way's monster black hole
By Keith Cooper published
Hundreds of lines made from a multitude of gases have been discovered extending outward from the black hole at the center of our galaxy.
Monster black hole burps out hot gas in bright 'H' shape (photos)
By Robert Lea published
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory spied a massive "H" structure half the size of our entire galaxy made of blazing hot gas spewing from a distant supermassive black hole.
Hungry black hole shoots out bright X-ray jet 60,000 times hotter than the sun
By Robert Lea published
Observing a powerful feeding black hole in X-ray light has allowed astronomers to peer into the inner workings of what is the brightest quasar seen in the last 9 billion years of cosmic history.
Some black holes may actually be tangles in the fabric of space-time, new research suggests
By Paul Sutter published
A new paper discusses how light interacts with theoretical objects called "topological solitons" — kinks in the fabric of space-time that look just like black holes.
Black holes: Everything you need to know
By Nola Taylor Tillman, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
Reference Black holes are real, they're some of the strangest objects in space. Discover what black holes are and how they form with our informative black hole guide.
Scientists just grew a black hole disk in a lab to better understand how they feed
By Robert Lea published
Scientists have created a rotating disk of plasma in the lab that mimics the accretion disks that surround black holes, gradually feeding them and facilitating their growth.
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