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Astronomers spot black hole that formed before its galaxy

28 May 2026
The first direct mass measurement from the early universe weighs in on the debate over the origins of supermassive black holes.
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Ringing black holes

New technique could uncover the secrets of ‘ringing’ black holes

13 May 2026
Researchers have developed a technique to analyse how black holes ‘ring’ when they collide and merge: one of the universe’s most dramatic events.
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View of galaxies in the early universe

‘Death by a thousand cuts’: young galaxy ran out of fuel as black hole choked off supplies

12 Jan 2026
Astronomers have spotted one of the oldest ‘dead’ galaxies yet identified, and found that a growing supermassive black hole can slowly starve a galaxy...
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4MOST first-light field-of-view

New telescope opens a window to the southern sky

21 Oct 2025
A powerful new telescope has captured its first glimpse of the cosmos, and could transform our understanding of how stars, galaxies and black holes...
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This is a new artist’s impression of our galaxy, the Milky Way, based on data from ESA’s Gaia space telescope.

Last starlight for ground-breaking Gaia

15 Jan 2025
The European Space Agency’s Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than three trillion...
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Computer-simulated image of a supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy.

Origins of black holes revealed in their spin, study finds

07 Jan 2025
Gravitational waves data held clues for high-mass black holes’ violent beginnings.
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Artist’s impression of a black hole during one of its short periods of rapid growth

Massive black hole in the early universe spotted taking a ‘nap’ after overeating

18 Dec 2024
Scientists have spotted a massive black hole in the early universe that is ‘napping’ after stuffing itself with too much food.
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Pablo's Galaxy

Astronomers detect black hole ‘starving’ its host galaxy to death

12 Sep 2024
Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host galaxies of the fuel they...
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The environment of the galaxy system ZS7 from the JWST PRIMER programme as seen by Webb's NIRCam instrument.

Webb detects most distant black hole merger to date

16 May 2024
An international team of astronomers, led by the University of Cambridge, has used the James Webb Space Telescope to find evidence for an ongoing...
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The GN-z11 galaxy, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope

Astronomers detect oldest black hole ever observed

17 Jan 2024
Researchers have discovered the oldest black hole ever observed, dating from the dawn of the universe, and found that it is ‘eating’ its host galaxy...
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