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James Webb Space Telescope finds evidence the mysterious 'little red dots' are black hole stars
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may be close to solving the mystery of "little red dots" in the early universe.

Strange 'spacetime crystals' could give birth to tiny black holes
By Robert Lea published
Using just a pen and paper, a team of scientists has calculated how space and time could crystallize to form tiny black holes.

These record-breaking black hole winds could create a category 79 hurricane on Earth
By Robert Lea published
"This wind is unlike anything on Earth."

Scientists find wind blowing from our Milky Way's black hole after half-century search: 'There it is'
By Robert Lea published
After searching for 50 years, astronomers have finally discovered powerful winds blowing from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy.

Black holes could 'leak' long enough to become white holes that weigh no more than a flea's egg
By Robert Lea published
New research suggests primordial black holes born during the Big Bang could live much longer than previously estimated — long enough to become energy-spewing white holes.

Astronomers discover a 'lost world' of black hole mergers: 'It's the astronomical equivalent of uncovering an ancient civilization'
By Robert Lea published
This could change our understanding of how the cosmic titans collide.

James Webb Space Telescope discovers a black hole that formed before its host galaxy. Scientists aren't sure how
By Robert Lea published
"It's a paradigm shift, a total revisiting of the classical scenarios of how black holes form and grow."

Most powerful 'ghost particle' ever may have come from a cosmic particle accelerator fed by a black hole
By Robert Lea published
"We have never observed such a high-energy neutrino before, and if it turns out to come from cosmic accelerators like blazars, it would give us new insight into how these objects can emit particles at energies beyond what we previously expected."

Black holes slamming into scorching stars may be causing mysterious blue flashes in the cosmos
By Robert Lea published
Powerful bright blue cosmic explosions called Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients could be caused when a black hole or neutron star slams into the universe's hottest class of star.
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