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 ...

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

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 ...

A fresh analysis of decades-old X-ray black hole jet data has revealed bright, lumpy features with mysterious speed changes.

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 ...

Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy that is defying conventional understanding. Growing ...

NASA’s Swift Observatory has detected a rare signal from dual black holes impacting gas clouds in a distant galaxy.