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Scientists discovered a distant black hole 300 million times the size of the sun. It's a portal back in time.

The giant black hole is the oldest one found so far, and was likely formed more than 13 billion years ago, researchers say.

Heaviest Black Hole Ever Found Pushes Limit of What’s Cosmologically Possible

Astronomers spotted the ultramassive black hole inside the Cosmic Horseshoe, an equally gargantuan galaxy so powerful that it ...
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Could We Send a Superlight Spacecraft to a Theoretical Nearby Black Hole?

An astrophysicist argues that the interstellar mission would be extremely challenging but not completely unrealistic ...
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Star survives black hole and comes back for more

This is the first confirmed case of a star that survived an encounter with a supermassive black hole and came back for more.

Jobs freeze at council with £28m budget black hole

Sheffield Council is to freeze recruitment for six months as it grapples with a budget gap of more than £28m. The authority ...
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'Ice cube' clouds discovered at the galaxy's center shouldn't exist — and they hint at a recent black hole explosion

Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the "Fermi bubbles" contain inexplicable clouds of cold ...

Newly formed black holes ring out a strange, pure music, and soon we may be able to experience it

If mature black holes had personalities, they would be extremely introverted. They don’t let anything out – not light, not particles, and certainly not music. Hawking radiation is a fascinating ...

Saturday Citations: Video games and brain activity; a triple black hole system; neutralizing Skynet

It's August, which means Hot Science Summer is two-thirds over. This week, NASA released an exceptionally pretty photo of ...