Black hole light echoes are an extreme form of gravitational lensing. To measure the masses and spins of black holes, ...

Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to ...

A recent cosmic discovery reveals a black hole tearing apart one star and hurling its remains at another. This event links ...

As we gaze into the universe, we've discovered most galaxies have a supermassive black hole lurking near the center. Astronomers have even found these enormous celestial monsters in the early ...

Gas swirling around black holes forms disks that are among the most effective energy converters in the universe, emitting ...

Astronomers have used a range of telescopes, including Hubble, to watch as particles dance around a neutron star collision ...

A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...

This week, researchers hypothesized that human culture is distinguished from cultures of other species like whales by unique ...

Scientists have found the "hungriest" black hole that is "feasting" on matter faster than experts previously thought possible. Found by researchers from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ...

Astronomers have used a range of telescopes, including Hubble, to watch as particles dance around a neutron star collision that created the smallest black hole ever seen. Astronomers have ...

Every large galaxy seems to center around a supermassive black hole. These behemoths are more than a million times as massive as the sun. But astronomers aren’t sure how the black holes got there.