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Hidden black hole could explain mystery at the heart of our galaxy

The area surrounding our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole contains three strangely different populations of stars – but one hidden black hole could explain all of them

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We may have finally solved cosmology's chicken-or-the-egg problem

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Millions of planets might form around supermassive black holes

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The hidden pockets of the universe where the future can cause the past

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Professor Sir John Pendry FRS, Chair in Theoretical Solid State Physics, Imperial College London, who has made seminal contributions to research in metamaterials and photonics, surface science, and disordered systems and localisation. Cloaking devices, perfect lenses and the super high-speed computer chips of the future are just some of the practical applications of Sir John's theoretical research.

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The invisibility cloak inventor now has better tricks up his sleeve

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Shutterstock Asset ID: 2498498799 Supernova explosion in the center of the galaxy

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Mystery 'whippet' space explosion is the brightest of its kind

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Image from a MAYA collaboration numerical relativity simulation of a neutron star-black hole (NSBH) binary merger, showing the disruption of the neutron star. Credit: Deborah Ferguson (UT Austin), Bhavesh Khamesra (Georgia Tech), and Karan Jani (Vanderbilt University).

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A bizarre type of black hole could solve three cosmic mysteries in one

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Is our galaxy’s black hole actually made of dark matter?

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Gravitational wave signal proves Einstein was right about relativity

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A collage of analog clocks against a black background. Some are broken in half

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The daring idea that time is an illusion and how we could prove it

The way time ticks forward in our universe has long stumped physicists. Now, a new set of tools from entangled atoms to black holes promises to reveal time’s true nature

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Star appears to have vanished in a failed supernova

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Distant 'little red dot' galaxies may contain baby black holes

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Supermassives to fuzzballs: Every black hole type explained

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Gargantuan black hole may be a remnant from the dawn of the universe

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