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‘There’s no real competitor’: Theoretical physicist Marika Taylor on how black holes could help us to find a theory of everything Black Hole

‘There’s no real competitor’: Theoretical physicist Marika Taylor on how black holes could help us to find a theory of everything

An artist's abstract illustration of cosmic strings. (Image credit: PASIEKA via Getty Images) String theory is the most well known candidate for a theory of everything — a mathematical framework that would meld the world of the very small, described by quantum mechanics , and the very large, as described…
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December 23, 2024
James Webb Space Telescope catches monster black hole napping after ‘overeating’ in the early universe Black Hole

James Webb Space Telescope catches monster black hole napping after ‘overeating’ in the early universe

Napping after overfeeding on food is a dilemma many of us will be fortunate to face on Christmas Day. New research has shown that, billions of years ago, some early black holes also had to nap after overindulging. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers spotted a dormant supermassive…
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December 18, 2024
Astrophysicists capture astonishing images of gamma-ray flare from supermassive black hole M87 Black Hole

Astrophysicists capture astonishing images of gamma-ray flare from supermassive black hole M87

The first-ever photo of a black hole rocked the world in 2019, when the Event Horizon Telescope, or EHT, published an image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87, also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, located in the constellation of Virgo. This black…
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December 13, 2024