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One of the most perplexing discoveries in modern astronomy has been finding supermassive black holes, some weighing billions ...

Traditionally thought to go silent after a brief flare of activity, some black holes are now being observed emitting new ...

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A new paper claims astronomers discovered an ultramassive black hole heavier than any other black hole we've ever measured.

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A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...

Caltech simulations reveal what happens when black holes collide with neutron stars—violent cracking, intense shock waves, ...

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Supermassive black holes usually lurk unseen, but when an unlucky star drifts too close they ignite titanic outbursts ...

Researchers have observed strange goings-on around a supermassive black hole located nearly 300 million light years away.