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Scientists find oldest-known black hole in universe

Chron on MSN · 2h

Biggest black hole ever? Astronomers may have just found it.

Biggest black hole ever? Astronomers may have just found it. A black hole with a mass equivalent to 36 billion suns-10,000 times heavier than the one at the center of the Milky Way -has been discovered around 5 billion light-years from Earth. It may be the largest ever identified.

BGR on MSN · 6h

Scientists Just Found A Black Hole That Shouldn't Exist

Black holes are mysterious objects, and scientists have a lot to learn about them. So much, in fact, that they didn't think this black hole should even exist.

Space.com on MSN · 4d

The biggest black hole ever seen? Scientists find one with mass of 36 billion suns

About 5 billion light-years away from where you're sitting, in one of the most massive galaxies on record, there exists an astonishing black hole. It was only just measured by scientists who managed to peer through the fabric of warped space-time — and it appears to hold a mass equivalent to that of 36 billion suns.

Massive black hole pushes the boundaries of what's possible

Astronomers have identified a 36-billion-solar-mass black hole in the distant Cosmic Horseshoe galaxy, using a new technique ...

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Heaviest Black Hole Ever Found Pushes Limit of What’s Cosmologically Possible

Astronomers spotted the ultramassive black hole inside the Cosmic Horseshoe, an equally gargantuan galaxy so powerful that it ...

Science Daily1d

This tiny spacecraft could race to a black hole and rewrite physics

A visionary plan proposes sending a paperclip-sized spacecraft, powered by Earth-based lasers, to a nearby black hole within ...

2don MSN

Saturday Citations: Video games and brain activity; a triple black hole system; neutralizing Skynet

It's August, which means Hot Science Summer is two-thirds over. This week, NASA released an exceptionally pretty photo of ...

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN3d

Could We Send a Superlight Spacecraft to a Theoretical Nearby Black Hole?

An astrophysicist argues that the interstellar mission would be extremely challenging but not completely unrealistic ...

Science Daily5d

Star survives black hole and comes back for more

This is the first confirmed case of a star that survived an encounter with a supermassive black hole and came back for more.

Discover Magazine on MSN6h

Interstellar Mission to a Black Hole Could Be Possible in 20 to 30 Years

Learn more about the discovery of a nearby black hole that we could be exploring in the coming decades.

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Jobs freeze at council with £28m budget black hole

Sheffield Council is to freeze recruitment for six months as it grapples with a budget gap of more than £28m. The authority ...

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