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Visualizing star-munching black holes

When a black hole unravels a star, it can create a donut-shaped disk of chaos

Salon

How could we detect atom-sized primordial black holes?

One of the most intriguing predictions of Einstein’s general theory of relativity is the existence of black holes: astronomical objects with gravitational fields so strong that not even light can escape them.

The Conversation

Scottish Government to financially punish councils that fail to maintain teacher numbers

The Record first revealed how Glasgow City Council was considering reducing teaching posts by 800 in a bid to fill a massive financial black hole.

Daily Record

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60 Years Ago, Astronomers Cracked the Mystery of the Brightest Objects in the Universe

No one was sure what quasars were and how they connected to galaxies. Then it all changed.

Inverse

Dumfries and Galloway Council facing £13 million budget black hole

Council tax rises and service reductions likely with nearly £40 million needing to be saved over the next three years

Daily Record

Why do black holes twinkle? We studied 5,000 star-eating behemoths to find out

Black holes are bizarre things, even by the standards of astronomers. Their mass is so great, it bends space around them so tightly that nothing can escape, even light itself.

The Conversation

Edinburgh plan to axe classroom assistants and support teachers in budget papers

The council is facing a £76 million black hole in its finances, and officials warned that even if all their proposed savings are implemented, a further £3.7 million in savings - or income - will need to be found.

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Concerns Nottingham City Council may not meet targets to improve children's services amid cuts

Nottingham City Council must fill a £32million black hole in its budget for 2023/24

Nottingham Post

Supermassive black holes may be bigger and more powerful than we previously knew

A new study sheds light on the darkness of black holes at the center of galaxies.

Inverse

This supermassive black hole takes long snack breaks, new model suggests

Astrophysicists think a supermassive black hole is releasing a peculiar signal as it periodically snacks on an unfortunate star.

Inverse

Black holes on a collision course

Astronomers announce the discovery of two supermassive black holes that are closer than any pair ever seen

Salon

Shocked scientists discover black hole continually feasting on same stars. ‘Puzzled’

New telescope imagery suggests that stars can survive encounters with black holes, a phenomenon that has been modeled but seldom observed, astronomers say.

Tribune News Service

Earth hit by massive blast of energy after two stars collide lightyears away

An intense blast of energy that was observed on Earth was caused by the collision of two dense neutron stars that merged and collapsed into a black hole, scientists have said

Daily Mirror

Are black holes time machines? Yes, but there's a catch

Black holes form natural time machines that allow travel to both the past and the future. But don’t expect to be heading back to visit the dinosaurs any time soon.

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Salon

A gamma-ray burst challenges physics

In a few seconds, a gamma-ray burst emits as much energy as the Sun will radiate in its entire life

The Conversation

Unusual, long-lasting gamma-ray burst challenges theories about these powerful cosmic explosions that make gold, uranium and other heavy metals

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

Inverse

This physicist helped confirm Einstein's greatest predictions in our cosmic backyard

Mariafelicia de Laurentis, deputy project scientist of the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, worked on the first image of the Milky Way's central black hole.

Daily Record

Warning over impact cuts to school budgets will have on West Dunbartonshire pupils

WDC currently faces a budget black hole of more than £20million, with cost saving options due to be considered by members at Church Street this week including a 20 percent cut to general school budgets.

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Post haste for cut-off dates: how to make sure your packages arrive on time for Christmas

After a year of watching parcels disappear into a postal black hole, Elizabeth Quinn shares her hard-learned strategies for smoother deliveries

Daily Mirror

The 12 lost Alton Towers rollercoasters as well-loved Nemesis comes to an end

Over the years, many popular rollercoasters and theme park rides have closed their doors for the final time, with the latest being the well-loved Nemesis ride at Alton Towers

France 24

No, anti-Zelensky graffiti was not painted in the suburbs of Paris

Some Instagram and Twitter accounts are posting a graffiti image that's allegedly appearing in Paris and Poland of President Volodymyr Zelensky, represented as a money-sucking black hole. Russian media was quick to share the alleged street art, claiming that "taxpayers from Europe are increasingly dissatisfied with supporting Ukraine". We tell…

Daily Mirror

Black hole pointing at Earth sending blasts of energy straight at us after EATING star

Astronomers believe the light has been travelling for billions of years and comes from a star that was swallowed up by a black hole sending huge bright rays towards Earth

The Conversation

Astronomers witness the dying flare of a star torn apart by a black hole halfway across the Universe

Some stars just get unlucky. There are billions of stars within a typical galaxy. Yet once every 100,000 years or so, one of those stars will wander too close to the supermassive black hole lurking at the galaxy’s centre and be torn apart. These cosmic behemoths weigh in at millions…

Inverse

Astronomers capture a rare black hole phenomena billions of light years away

The tidal disruption event ripped apart the star so a black hole could feast.

Wales Online

12 much-loved Alton Towers rides that we have lost over the years

There are a few rides that have gone to the big fairground in the sky.

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