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Uncover the scariest black hole discovery near Earth and the potential danger it poses.

A provocative theory is gaining new support today. Scientists suggest atom-sized black holes may move through Earth. These ...

Earth would be torn apart if a black hole approached, losing its atmosphere and oceans, with debris forming an accretion disc ...

Primordial black holes (PBHs) are black holes theorized to have formed shortly after the Big Bang. Compared to black holes ...

The tidal forces produced by a tiny black hole would have an interesting effect on human bodies.

A high-altitude balloon telescope has revealed new patterns in X-rays emitted near the black hole Cygnus X-1. These signals ...

An international collaboration of physicists including researchers at Washington University in St. Louis has made ...

A colossal star met an unexpected fate when it drifted too close to a supermassive black hole 10 billion light-years away.

Scientists flew the XL-Calibur telescope on a high-altitude balloon to measure polarized X-rays from Cygnus X-1. These ...

A tiny black hole zipping through your body sounds like the kind of death dreamed up by a pulp-era sci-fi writer. Which, ...