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supermassive black holes, the paradoxical creators of stars, planets, and life
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supermassive black holes, the paradoxical creators of stars, planets, and life

Despite their fearsome reputation, we simply wouldn't exist without black holes.

the paradox of the black hole information paradox
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the paradox of the black hole information paradox

Stephen Hawking hasn't actually solved the black hole information paradox and his latest work raises more questions than it provides answers.

if an astronaut falls into a black hole, will he turn into quantum fuzz?
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if an astronaut falls into a black hole, will he turn into quantum fuzz?

Let's say the worst happened and you've been sucked into a black hole as your body was torn apart. So, what happens to you next?

why falling into black holes is so complicated
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why falling into black holes is so complicated

Black holes are such complex entities that just being trapped in one's gravity creates a cascade of paradoxes...

black hole interrupted, or rise of the suron
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black hole interrupted, or rise of the suron

The bizarre, extremely fast radio bursts astronomers have been detecting might be the result of doomed neutron stars...

what a black hole’s spin tells us about its past
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what a black hole’s spin tells us about its past

Tracking the speed of an event horizon can tell us what a black hole ate, give us a clue as to how it was formed, and whether it survived a major collision.

and now for something surprisingly simpler
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and now for something surprisingly simpler

It seems we finally understand something about black holes and their behavior.

can you really fall into a black hole? or, fun with time dilation.
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can you really fall into a black hole? or, fun with time dilation.

A new paper argues that nothing ever really falls into a black hole thanks to extreme time dilation and frame dragging.

cyclical cosmology debate keeps on cycling…
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cyclical cosmology debate keeps on cycling…

Cosmologists are still puzzling over faint signals in the CMBR that may or may not be there and indicate profound events in our past or to our future.

finding aliens by the black holes they make?
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finding aliens by the black holes they make?

Could advanced alien civilizations turn to artificial black holes to meet their energy needs? And could we detect the emissions from their maws when they feed?

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