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'Dancing' jets erupting from a cannibalistic black hole have the power of 10,000 suns
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have discovered that jets from a cannibalistic black hole are erupting with the power of 10,000 suns.

Ripples in spacetime may have revealed 1st evidence of tiny black holes born in the Big Bang
By Robert Lea published
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.

Galaxy starves its supermassive black hole, loses 95% of its brightness
By Robert Lea published
"It is fascinating that an active galactic nucleus can change its brightness so dramatically over such a short period of time."

Could our universe exist because black holes ate up all the antimatter?
By Robert Lea published
Did primordial black holes born during the Big Bang swallow the universe's antimatter, allowing matter to dominate the cosmos?

X-ray spacecraft watches monster black hole wake up and fire cosmic bullets at starburst galaxy
By Robert Lea published
The research could shed light on how black holes vomit out matter and how this influences their home galaxies.

Black hole and neutron star mergers push the laws of physics with their odd orbits
By Robert Lea published
Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of physics.

The universe is humming with ripples in spacetime: Scientists just doubled our catalog of black hole and neutron star collisions
By Robert Lea published
The catalog of gravitational waves "heard" by LIGO, KAGRA and Virgo has doubled with detections of spacetime ripples.

Black holes! Supernovas! Merging galaxies! Oh my! Largest radio survey of the cosmos ever reveals 13.7 million powerful cosmic objects and events
By Robert Lea published
"We can study a diverse population of supermassive black holes and their radio jets at different stages of their evolution."
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