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Black holes leak energy when they eat plasma near the event horizon

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Black holes leak energy when they eat plasma near the event horizon

When magnetic fields around a black hole reconnect, they can slow down plasma particles near the event horizon, which cause the black hole to lose energy when it swallows them

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Does a halo of mysterious dark matter swirl around every galaxy?

Space

Does a halo of mysterious dark matter swirl around every galaxy?

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The universe is expanding too fast, and that could rewrite cosmology

Space

The universe is expanding too fast, and that could rewrite cosmology

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Why the vast emptiness of space isn't really that empty after all

Space

Why the vast emptiness of space isn't really that empty after all

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Carlo Rovelli: Where does the stuff that falls into a black hole go?

Space

Carlo Rovelli: Where does the stuff that falls into a black hole go?

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Black holes are hiding movies of the universe in their glowing rings

Space

Black holes are hiding movies of the universe in their glowing rings

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The four puzzles that tell us a cosmological revolution is coming

Space

The four puzzles that tell us a cosmological revolution is coming

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What does gravity weigh? The surprise answer that reshapes reality

Physics

What does gravity weigh? The surprise answer that reshapes reality

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Why it's better to fall into a big black hole, and other bizarre facts

Space

Why it's better to fall into a big black hole, and other bizarre facts

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The surprising benefits of contemplating the death of the universe

Physics

The surprising benefits of contemplating the death of the universe

Cosmologist Katie Mack spends her days pondering the end of everything. Whether the cosmos dies a slow heat death or winks out of existence tomorrow, she finds it helps put everyday troubles in perspective

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Space

We still don't understand a basic fact about the universe

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Space

Big bang retold: The weird twists in the story of the universe's birth

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Space

Studying the universe’s origins hint that its beginning has no end

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Physics

Massive simulation of the universe shows how galaxies form and die

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