In the world of astronomy and science fction, black holes have long dominated headlines as invisible behemoths whose gravity even traps light. First predicted as ‘dark stars’ by John Michell in 1783,

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A centrepiece of Prof Stephen Hawking’s theory of black holes states that black holes can only grow. Thanks to precision observations made with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory