At the heart of our Milky Way galaxy lurks a supermassive black hole about four million times the mass of the sun, called ...
Astronomers have discovered a rapidly feeding black hole in a dwarf galaxy from the early universe, shedding light on how ...
The theory goes that black holes accrete material, often from nearby stars. However the theory also suggests there is a limit to how big a black hole can grow due to accretion and certainly shouldn’t ...
Scientists using observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from ...
Recent results suggest these exotic objects just might help us account for the mysterious force pushing the universe apart.
A team of astronomers has discovered a link between black holes and stellar eruptions, suggesting the potential existence of ...
A recently shared image of a distant galaxy surrounded by three concentric rings challenges our understanding of galactic ...
Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it ...
Chandra X-ray Observatory observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster black hole and M87's jet have been turned into sound by ...
Black hole light echoes are an extreme form of gravitational lensing. To measure the masses and spins of black holes, ...
Astrophysicists have reconstructed the movement of stars within globular clusters to understand their evolution and origin.
A recent study has proposed a new mechanism for the formation of primordial black holes that could provide answers about dark matter.