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Are mysterious 'Little Red Dots' discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope actually baby galaxies under construction?

What if the mysterious 'Little Red Dots' aren't baby black holes, but rather globular clusters in their messy, glorious formation?

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Could our universe exist because black holes ate up all the antimatter?

Did primordial black holes born during the Big Bang swallow the universe's antimatter, allowing matter to dominate the cosmos?

Space

Astronomers missed a space explosion as powerful as a billion suns — until they spotted its echo

A cosmic explosion with an energy equivalent to the output of a billion suns went unnoticed by astronomers until they caught the "echo" of this gamma-ray burst.

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X-ray spacecraft watches monster black hole wake up and fire cosmic bullets at starburst galaxy

The research could shed light on how black holes vomit out matter and how this influences their home galaxies.

Space

16 time-travel methods from sci-fi to help you traverse the space-time continuum

From phone boxes and flux capacitors to black holes and hot tubs, sci-fi has created plenty of ways to explore the fourth dimension.

Space

RUX's Patagonia Black Hole rival opens like a box to fix the biggest problem with duffel bags

The new Duffel Box replaces traditional zips with a clever roll-top system and a self-standing design

The $50k Dating Trap: 3 “First Date” Red Flags That Scream Financial Disaster

Falling in love should never feel like falling into a black hole of credit card debt. Yet somehow, first dates have become a playground for financial danger, and not in a fun, adventurous way. Lavish dinners, over-the-top gifts, and expensive outings can easily mask warning signs that a date may…

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IRS Refund Hold? These Identity Verification Steps May Be Required First

You filed your taxes weeks ago and have been refreshing the ‘Where’s My Refund’ page every single day. You probably have a specific plan for that money, but the status bar hasn’t moved an inch. It is incredibly frustrating to feel like your refund is stuck in a government black…

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Black hole and neutron star mergers push the laws of physics with their odd orbits

Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of physics.

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Universe-shaking collision of black hole and neutron star could upend our understanding of monster cosmic mergers

The catastrophic collision of a black hole and a neutron star sent ripples across the universe. New analysis of those ripples could upend a major theory about how these extreme pairs form.

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Tax Alert: This Simple Filing Mistake Is Causing Long IRS Refund Delays

You spent hours gathering your W-2s and double-checking your deductions before hitting the submit button. You likely have a specific plan for that refund money, whether it is paying off a credit card or fixing the family car. Now, weeks have passed and the status on the “Where’s My Refund”…

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The universe is humming with ripples in spacetime: Scientists just doubled our catalog of black hole and neutron star collisions

The catalog of gravitational waves "heard" by LIGO, KAGRA and Virgo has doubled with detections of spacetime ripples.

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IRS Warns One Tax Filing Error Is Delaying Refunds for Thousands

Tax season brings enough stress without the lingering anxiety of a delayed refund. You likely already have plans for that money, such as a needed vacation or paying down high-interest credit cards. Weeks often pass while the tracking tool stays stuck on a processing status. This frustrating limbo leaves many…

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Scientists taught robots to swim through mazes using Einstein's relativity

The tiny bots follow patterns of light and "artificial space-time," navigating like craft following the curved space around a black hole.

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'Collective hum' of black holes could mend our broken understanding of the universe, physicists say

Ripples in the fabric of space-time called gravitational waves may be the key to solving the Hubble tension — one of the biggest nagging problems in physics.

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Science history: Stephen Hawking writes a tiny paper — and turns our understanding of black holes inside out — March 1, 1974

In 1974, physicist Stephen Hawking described the potential for tiny, primordial black holes that existed at the dawn of time to explode — and reshaped what we knew about these cosmic behemoths.

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Black holes! Supernovas! Merging galaxies! Oh my! Largest radio survey of the cosmos ever reveals 13.7 million powerful cosmic objects and events

Astronomers have used the LOFAR telescope array to create the largest radio survey of the cosmos, revealing 13.7 million cosmic scenes, including supermassive black holes, merging galaxies, and supernova explosions.

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Starlight warped in the fabric of spacetime could help us find hidden black holes dancing together

Flashes of gravitationally lensed starlight could act as cosmic lighthouses revealing the presence of binary supermassive black holes in close orbit.

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Scientists find ancient black hole breaking the cosmic 'speed limit,' challenging multiple theories

An ancient, fast-feeding quasar is breaking the rules of how black holes consume matter and generate galaxy-shaping jets.

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NASA X-ray spacecraft stares into the 'eye of the storm' swirling around supermassive black holes

The NASA/JAXA X-ray spacecraft has allowed astronomers to dive into the metaphorical "eye of the storm" swirling around supermassive black holes.

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Supermassive serial killers: Astronomers discover how black holes 'kill off' neighboring galaxies

Scientists have discovered that active supermassive black holes don't just kill their home galaxies, but can also eradicate star formation for their neighbors.

Space

Hubble and Chandra space telescopes hunt for rogue black holes wandering through dwarf galaxies

The Hubble and Chandra space telescopes are hunting for rogue black holes wandering through dwarf galaxies, which could provide a fossil record of how supermassive black hole growth in the early universe.

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New fear unlocked: runaway black holes

If a pair of black holes coalesce into one, much of that vast energy can be released in a few seconds.

Space

Scientists may have found a 'missing-link' black hole ripping up and devouring a star

An unusual tidal disruption event spotted by astronomers may be the result of an elusive intermediate mass black hole ripping apart a star.

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