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A Strange Black Hole Mystery Has Stumped Physicists Since 1993. Researchers May Finally Have the Answer Black Hole

A Strange Black Hole Mystery Has Stumped Physicists Since 1993. Researchers May Finally Have the Answer

In 1993, Canadian physicist Matthew Choptuik demonstrated black holes may emerge spontaneously from critical collapse, during which spacetime curvatures organize themselves into a defined, repeating crystal-like pattern. But researchers weren’t quite able to describe this nicely in formulaic language—until now. A team of theoretical physicists say it’s found the long-sought…
bubmag
May 22, 2026
Did decaying dark matter help create the universe’s first supermassive black holes? Black Hole

Did decaying dark matter help create the universe’s first supermassive black holes?

An illustration of a supermassive black hole against a background of dark matter. (Image credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)) New research suggests that supermassive black holes that existed before the cosmos was 1 billion years old may have formed with a helping hand from dark matter, the universe's most…
bubmag
April 27, 2026
‘Dancing’ jets erupting from a cannibalistic black hole have the power of 10,000 suns Black Hole

‘Dancing’ jets erupting from a cannibalistic black hole have the power of 10,000 suns

The strong stellar wind from the supergiant starpushes the jets launched by the black hole away from the star. (Image credit: International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research(ICRAR)) Astronomers watched as jets blasting from a black hole cannibalized a blue supergiant companion star. Data from the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKA)…
bubmag
April 21, 2026
Black Holes from Before Big Bang Could Still Exist Today as ā€˜Cosmic Fossils’ Black Hole

Black Holes from Before Big Bang Could Still Exist Today as ā€˜Cosmic Fossils’

New research by Professor Enrique GaztaƱaga from the University of Portsmouth and the Institute of Space Sciences in Barcelona suggests some black holes formed before the Big Bang and survived a cosmic ā€˜bounce,’ potentially explaining dark matter, gravitational-wave backgrounds, and the early growth of supermassive black holes and galaxies. GaztaƱaga…
bubmag
April 20, 2026
Paint by Numbers: LIV Golf and the multi-million dollar black hole it could leave in the Australian economy Black Hole

Paint by Numbers: LIV Golf and the multi-million dollar black hole it could leave in the Australian economy

LIV Golf appears on the rocks, with news of a withdrawal of sports funding by its Saudi owners a body blow to one of the crown jewels of South Australian tourism. What are the numbers looking like? (Image: Private Media/Zennie) Last week, the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced…
bubmag
April 20, 2026
2 supermassive black holes may collide 100 years from now ‪—‬ and Earth would feel it Black Hole

2 supermassive black holes may collide 100 years from now ‪—‬ and Earth would feel it

Astronomers may have discovered an extreme pair of light-spewing black holes that are spiraling toward an enormous collision — the effects of which could be felt in the next century. Using decades of radio telescope observations, the astronomers studied an ultrabright object that was previously thought to be a blazar…
bubmag
April 16, 2026
Astronomers measure the mind-blowing power and speed of black hole jets for the first time Black Hole

Astronomers measure the mind-blowing power and speed of black hole jets for the first time

By: Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press Posted: 4:44 AM CDT Thursday, Apr. 16, 2026 Last Modified: 9:10 AM CDT Thursday, Apr. 16, 2026 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For the first time, scientists have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole. Read this article for…
bubmag
April 16, 2026