It sounds like something from the plot of Interstellar, but this plan to beam precious data back to Earth—before it’s lost ...

JWST peered at the glowing trail of stars left behind by a candidate runaway supermassive black hole deep in space, revealing ...

"This was many times more energetic than any similar event and more than any known explosion powered by the collapse of a ...

A black hole has shredded a massive star like it was "preparing a snack for lunch," according to a team of scientists at the ...

The supermassive black hole sitting at the heart of our galaxy is considered to be a slumbering giant. However, an ...

When astronomers look deep into the early universe, the expectation is simple. You should see young galaxies still assembling ...

Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is famous for being one of the dimmest in the universe. Evidence from a new space ...

A team of scientists has developed a recipe for black holes that eliminates one of the most troubling aspects of physics: the central singularity, the point at which all our theories, laws and models ...

Astronomers have found a system of three supermassive black holes, all actively feeding, that appear to be combining into a ...

Physicists may soon witness a cosmic fireworks show: the explosive death of a primordial black hole. Once thought to be unimaginably rare, new research suggests there’s up to a 90% chance of catching ...

According to the theory, our reality is encoded on the boundary of a black hole within a much larger universe.

Black holes — remnants of collapsed stars — have immense mass that curves spacetime so all paths lead inward. They also capture the popular imagination as sci-fi plot devices and metaphors for the ...