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Black holes

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This physicist is hunting for the biggest black hole in the universe

Astronomers have recently started looking for black holes bigger than galaxies. Brian Lacki explains how these 鈥渟tupendously large black holes鈥� might be used by alien civilisations, and what makes them such an intriguing possibility

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Hidden black hole could explain mystery at the heart of our galaxy

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We may have finally solved cosmology’s chicken-or-the-egg problem

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Millions of planets might form around supermassive black holes

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The hidden pockets of the universe where the future can cause the past

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Professor Sir John Pendry FRS, Chair in Theoretical Solid State Physics, Imperial College London, who has made seminal contributions to research in metamaterials and photonics, surface science, and disordered systems and localisation. Cloaking devices, perfect lenses and the super high-speed computer chips of the future are just some of the practical applications of Sir John's theoretical research.

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The invisibility cloak inventor now has better tricks up his sleeve

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Shutterstock Asset ID: 2498498799 Supernova explosion in the center of the galaxy "Elements of this image furnished by NASA " Adobe stock asset ID 1571475694 Whippet

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Mystery ‘whippet’ space explosion is the brightest of its kind

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Image from a MAYA collaboration numerical relativity simulation of a neutron star-black hole (NSBH) binary merger, showing the disruption of the neutron star. Credit: Deborah Ferguson (UT Austin), Bhavesh Khamesra (Georgia Tech), and Karan Jani (Vanderbilt University).

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A bizarre type of black hole could solve three cosmic mysteries in one

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Is our galaxy鈥檚 black hole actually made of dark matter?

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Gravitational wave signal proves Einstein was right about relativity

Ripples in space-time from a pair of merging black holes have been recorded in unprecedented detail, enabling physicists to test predictions of general relativity

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The daring idea that time is an illusion and how we could prove it

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Star appears to have vanished in a failed supernova

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Distant ‘little red dot’ galaxies may contain baby black holes

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Supermassives to fuzzballs: Every black hole type explained

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