Black hole research sits at the crossroads of gravity, quantum physics and high-performance computing, yet it is often treated as a luxury when science budgets tighten. Pulling back on this work would ...

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An international team led by Monash University has uncovered evidence of a rare form of exploding star, helping to shed light ...

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Right at the brink of a black hole, gravity twists space and time so violently that ordinary physics starts to fall apart. For decades, astronomers could only guess how gas, magnetic fields, and ...

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A colossal black hole 10 billion light-years away has been caught devouring one of the universe’s biggest stars, unleashing a flare 30 times brighter than any seen before. The flare, detected by ...

Black holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe, and now scientists can model them more accurately than ever before. By combining Einstein’s gravity with realistic behavior of light and ...

On the left is M87*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87), 55 million light-years away. On the right is Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the black hole at the centre of our ...