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Now We Know That Dark Matter Isn’t Primordial Black Holes

For over fifty years, scientists have theorized that roughly 85% of matter in the Universe’s is made up of a

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We’re about to see the first close-up of a black hole. The Event Horizon Telescope, a network of eight radio

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In the course of looking for possible signs of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (ETI), scientists have had to do some really outside-of-the-box

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One of the most cherished science fiction scenarios is using a black hole as a portal to another dimension or

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On Nov. 22, 2014, astronomers spotted a rare event in the night sky: A supermassive black hole at the center

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Black holes are among the most mysterious places in the universe; locations where the very fabric of space and time

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An international team of scientists have detected ripples in space and time, known as gravitational waves, from the biggest known

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Black holes occur when a massive star dies and collapses with enough gravity that nothing, not even light, can escape

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For one brief shining moment after the 2015 detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes, astronomers held out hope

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An incredible series of observations performed by a UK team has revealed the first detection of matter falling into a

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What happens when a dead star meets a black hole? The answer appears to be a brief zombie awakening, according

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There’s something inherently fascinating about black holes. Maybe it’s that they’re invisible beasts lurking in space that sometimes rip passing

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