Black Hole

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Milestone results released by the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) on November 16 have finally clarified a decades-old puzzle in astrophysics: the unusual drop in cosmic ray counts above 3 PeV that produces what scientists call the "knee" in the cosmic ray energy spectrum. The cause of this…

Saturday 15 November 2025 10:54 am  |   Updated:  Monday 17 November 2025 9:10 am Budget uncertainty destabilised the housing market Rachel Reeves is set to introduce a council tax surcharge on expensive homes in a move that will disproportionately impact London and the South East, according to reports. The Chancellor…

Hubble’s stunning view of NGC 4102 reveals a seemingly calm spiral galaxy hiding a quietly powerful supermassive black hole at its center. Wrapped in thick gas, the galaxy’s core glows softly across multiple wavelengths, betraying the activity within. A Hidden Power Source in a Spiral Galaxy What could be located…

In Carlisle, a sleepy town in the heart of Pennsylvania Trump country, solar energy appears to have escaped the black hole of partisan politics. Or at least, that’s been the experience of Carlisle Area School District superintendent Colleen Friend, who has met little resistance spearheading a project to install a…

I just spent the last hour feeding a black hole instead of doing what I was supposed to be doing, work. And, no, that's not code for anything. I was literally feeding a black hole in the Steam Next Fest demo for a game called A Game About Feeding A…

The tiny wavering of laser beams has confirmed that black holes emit a massive, ringing energy as they collide. “It’s the most powerful event in the universe, because in a fifth of a second you pulverize the equivalent of three entire suns and turn them into energy,” says Max Isi,…

In this week's science news, we reported on the revival of greenhouse gas belching microbes from the permafrost, an optical illusion that appears to break special relativity, black hole M87* spewing a giant counter-jet, and blood tests that can detect cancer earlier than before. (Image credit: Hornof et al., 2025; CC…

But will this new conference be enough to persuade southerners to leave London? Image credit: Lewis Packwood The south tends to dominate things in the United Kingdom. London in particular tends to suck in all the jobs and opportunities like a black hole. And of course, the UK's premier games…

October 16, 2025 5 min read When a Galaxy Erupts, What We See Depends on How We See It Voracious supermassive black holes light up the cores of “active” galaxies across the universe. How we see them, however, is a matter of perspective By Phil Plait edited by Lee Billings…