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

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) can have billions of solar masses, and observational evidence suggests that all large ...

The explosions, which leave behind a black hole or a neutron star, are so energetic they can outshine their host galaxies for ...

As we gaze into the universe, we've discovered most galaxies have a supermassive black hole lurking near the center.

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

Black holes are fascinating objects. They're unimaginably dense: If Earth was (hypothetically) crushed into a black hole, it ...

Black holes exert a tremendous influence on their surroundings, meaning that when they spin, they literally drag the very fabric of space and time around with them. That means nothing can sit still ...

Astrophysicists have developed a method to detect light echoes from black holes, potentially revolutionizing the measurement ...

A team of U.S. astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole that is consuming matter at a phenomenal rate—40x the ...

Scientists are now claiming that primordial black holes may be heating up and exploding throughout the universe. Detection of ...

It's sitting in the middle of a galaxy called LID-568, as seen just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, appearing to guzzle ...

While the matte finish reflects a move to more sustainable material, other changes increase the bags’ lifespan and ...