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The physicist and philosopher of science on the lessons the Roman empire holds for us today, the mystery of black holes, and his favourite beat poet

We select 10 players who signed or broke through amid fanfare only to get lost in the black hole of post-Ferguson Old Trafford

A massive supercomputer simulation reveals how fast black holes eat and it’s a lot more intense than once thought

Einstein’s theory of gravity — general relativity — has been very successful for more than a century. However, it has theoretical shortcomings. This is not surprising: the theory predicts its own failure at spacetime singularities inside black holes — and the Big Bang itself.

Unless a black hole is actively consuming nearby material, it will be dark and difficult to see. Astronomers must use indirect observations to uncover the black hole.

The James Webb Space Telescope has completely revolutionized the search for galaxy neighborhoods

As people, we are all shaped by the neighborhoods we grew up in, whether it was a bustling urban center or the quiet countryside. Objects in distant outer space are no different.

Black holes, celestial objects known for their gluttony, usually eat stars unlucky enough to stray too close to them in one big gulp, annihilating them with their enormous gravitational pull. But some, it turns out, tend to snack rather than gorge

The discovery provides a ‘missing link’ in our knowledge of black holes disrupting orbiting stars.