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Seems like a puff piece with nothing particular new or something you wouldn't find on wikipedia

Don’t think “puff piece” is the phrase you’re after here. Also, the novelty of the information might be relative to the source/reader?

Agreed. the information in the article appears to be new to someone who has literally never heard about black holes... a 5 year old perhaps.

don't you know HNers are astrophysics experts? they always list their theories about the cutting edge in comment threads lmao

It’s the New Yorker. The audience is not universally familiar with the topic.