To measure the masses and spins of black holes, scientists want to follow clues left behind by light that takes a ...

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

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

Earlier this month, a team of US National Science Foundation NOIRLab astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole, called ...

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

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

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 ...

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

New research sheds light on how a pair of unusual black holes may have been able to keep their companion stars alive — and at a distance.

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

Almost any event in space-time generates gravitational waves. However, only big events such as black hole mergers produce ...

An artist's conception of the distant black hole LID-568. Credit: NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. da Silva / M. Zamani The powerful James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a phenomenon once thought ...