For half a century, astrophysicists have been trying to solve the Black Hole Information Paradox—first explained by Stephen ...

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A massive, energetic jet from Virgo A could help scientists understand how matter behaves around a black hole.

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New analysis techniques and decades-old research helped NASA scientists identify an unusual black hole in a distant galaxy.

In the center of NGC 5084, some 80 million light-years away, the supermassive black hole around which the whole galaxy ...

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An ancient black hole had to take it easy after gorging itself on its local galaxy, offering hints at the exotic objects' ...