Physics
A black hole’s edge will burn you up if you try to escape
The edge of a black hole, beyond which not even light can escape, can be smooth an uneventful or a burning wall of fire, depending on your perspective
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Space
Mystery supernova could be fast-spinning magnetic star
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Physics
Ancient quasars in distant galaxies caught switching on suddenly
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Space
Comets can’t explain weird ‘alien megastructure’ star after all
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Space
We’ve found the brightest ever supernova but can’t explain it
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Physics
Time might flow backwards as well as forwards from the big bang
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Physics
New rumours that gravitational waves have finally been detected
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Physics
Supermassive black holes might be hiding entire universes inside
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Space
Giant galaxy caught tearing apart its little neighbour
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Can burping black holes reveal the true fabric of the universe?
If mysterious radio bursts from space are hints from exploding black holes, we could be seeing the quantum source of gravity for the first time
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Dark matter’s true face could be unmasked by pairs of dead stars
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Humans
God vs the multiverse: The 2500-year war
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Space
Black holes have a size limit 鈥� of 50 billion suns
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Tiny dark matter stars would harbour particles that act as one
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