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Joshua Shavit
Oct 2, 2021
This is what it looks like when a black hole snacks on a star
While black holes and toddlers don't seem to have much in common, they are remarkably similar in one aspect: Both are messy eaters.
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 19, 2021
This is what it looks like when a black hole snacks on a star
While black holes and toddlers don't seem to have much in common, they are remarkably similar in one aspect: Both are messy eaters.
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![Advanced civilizations could be using Dyson spheres to collect energy from black holes](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95ac29_6f96320c8e6841fab63c155c0f417d03~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/95ac29_6f96320c8e6841fab63c155c0f417d03~mv2.webp)
Joseph Shavit
Aug 28, 2021
Advanced civilizations could be using Dyson spheres to collect energy from black holes
Black holes are more than just massive objects that swallow everything around them—they're also one of the universe's biggest energy sources
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Joseph Shavit
Jul 29, 2021
First detection of light from behind a black hole proves Einstein right
Watching X-rays flung out into the universe by the supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy 800 million light-years away
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![There may be realistic ways to create wormholes in space!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95ac29_d3509ada28b1418391ba0eb7746fec8c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/95ac29_d3509ada28b1418391ba0eb7746fec8c~mv2.webp)
Joseph Shavit
Jul 25, 2021
There may be realistic ways to create wormholes in space!
Nobody knew that the existence of a black hole could prove to be real someday. Wormholes, just like black holes, are a mathematical...
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Joseph Shavit
Jul 2, 2021
Scientists detect gravitational waves for first time from black holes swallowing neutron stars
For the first time, scientists detected gravitational waves caused by mergers between black holes and neutron stars.
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