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

For the first time, NASA’s Swift Observatory has observed twin black holes disrupting a gas cloud in a galaxy’s center, ...

Chandra X-ray Observatory observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster's black hole and M87's jet have been turned into sound ...

Massive stars about eight times more massive than the sun explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The explosions, ...

Caltech’s Katie Bouman explains how the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration captured the first imager of the Sagittarius A* ...

Astronomers have discovered a rapidly feeding black hole in a dwarf galaxy from the early universe, shedding light on how ...

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

This illustration shows a red, early-universe dwarf galaxy that hosts a rapidly feeding black hole at its center. Using data ...

Scientists using observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from ...

The outward force from its fusion can no longer counteract the star's powerful gravity, and the star collapses in on itself.

Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it ...

The DESI survey reveals that active black holes in small galaxies are common. The findings may help reveal how the two cosmic bodies evolve together.