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Live Science on MSNPaperclip-sized spacecraft could visit a nearby black hole in the next century, study claims
The spacecraft, no heavier than a gram and propelled to a third of the speed of light by lasers on Earth, would gather ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNCould We Send a Superlight Spacecraft to a Theoretical Nearby Black Hole?
An astrophysicist argues that the interstellar mission would be extremely challenging but not completely unrealistic ...
A visionary plan proposes sending a paperclip-sized spacecraft, powered by Earth-based lasers, to a nearby black hole within ...
For a spacecraft like that to reach a black hole in such a relatively short time, there would have to be a black hole 20-25 ...
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Live Science on MSNScientists use Stephen Hawking theory to propose 'black hole morsels' — strange, compact objects that could reveal new physics
Violent black hole collisions may create black hole 'morsels' no larger than an asteroid — and these bizarre objects could ...
In a paper published in the journal iScience, Bambi lays out a plan to turn such a deep-space mission into reality. If ...
We call black holes in this gap lite intermediate mass black holes or lite IMBHs, because they are the least massive black holes that we expect to exist from sources other than stars. They are no ...
“Our analysis shows that the blast was sparked by a catastrophic encounter with a black hole companion, and is the strongest ...
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Space.com on MSNThe biggest black hole ever seen? Scientists find one with mass of 36 billion suns
About 5 billion light-years away from where you're sitting, in one of the most massive galaxies on record, there exists an ...
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ExtremeTech on MSNEvaporating Black Hole 'Morsels' Could Reveal the Nature of Spacetime
They wouldn’t last for long, but the emissions from tiny black hole buds could light the way to quantum gravity.
Astronomers have discovered what may be a massive star exploding while trying to swallow a black hole companion, offering an ...
The Webb telescope found that a far-off little red dot is the oldest known black hole, shrouded by gas that could help explain the ruby color.
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