Some black holes have a ‘heartbeat’ — and astronomers may finally know why
Black holes aren't alive, but it turns out that they can have a heartbeat —…
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Our galaxy may host strange black holes born just after the big bang
The Milky Way may be home to strange black holes from the first moments of…
Supermassive black holes have masses of more than a million suns – but their growth has slowed as the universe aged
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed…
How do supermassive black holes ‘starve’ their galaxies to halt star formation?
New research has affirmed the connection between supermassive black holes and galactic death through the…
Black holes may inherit their magnetic fields from neutron stars
Short-lived neutron stars may explain both the extreme magnetic fields of black holes and gamma…
Dark matter could play ‘matchmaker’ for supermassive black holes
Dark matter, the most mysterious "stuff" in the universe, may be a sort of cosmic…
Dark matter may solve the mystery of how colossal black holes merge
How do enormous black holes merge?Jurik Peter/Shutterstock Supermassive black holes sometimes merge, but for decades,…
Magnetic vortices may help feed supermassive black holes. Here’s how
It's a bit of a myth that black holes pull everything in. Much of the…
Einstein’s theory was wrong about black holes made out of light
Light cannot condense enough to create a black holeVadim Sadovski/Shutterstock It seems it is not…
How Many Holes Does the Universe Have?
Around 2,500 years ago humankind began to recognize that our planet is round—although a few…