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Black holes could come in 'perfect pairs' in an ever expanding universe (phys.org)
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Researchers from the University of Southampton, together with colleagues from the universities of Cambridge and Barcelona, have shown it's theoretically possible for black holes to exist in perfectly balanced pairs—held in equilibrium by a cosmological force—mimicking a single black hole.

Thanos would be very proud.