A powerful new technique is poised to revolutionize how astronomers observe black holes, by producing sharp, multicolored ...

Space-time curvature around a black hole might sound abstract, but understanding it is crucial to grasp the nature of these ...

A cosmic leviathan stirs across the great, quiet expanse of the early universe. About 12 billion years old, a supermassive ...

For years, scientists have theorized that some black holes could actually be wormholes, and a new study shows that this space ...

Earlier this year, new research suggested a potential solution to one of the most troubling aspects of modern physics — that ...

A chilling new discovery from the James Webb Space Telescope suggests our universe may be living inside a colossal black hole ...

Two of the universe’s most extreme objects—black holes and neutron stars—can spiral into cosmic collisions that crack crusts, ...

A groundbreaking simulation reveals how neutron star mergers forge black holes, generate gamma-ray bursts, and scatter gold ...

Black Holes in Space. Read science articles on colliding supermassive black holes, simulated gravitational waves of a black hole, black hole theory and more. Astronomy images.

Two supermassive black holes carrying the faint light of the Big Bang, 11.6 billion and 11.7 billion light-years away, have ...

The black hole in question lies in the distant Seyfert galaxy PG1211+143, about 1.2 billion light years from Earth. Using the ...

Black holes are invisible, yet they are among the brightest things in the universe. If a star wanders too close to a black ...