Scientists have discovered that some supermassive black holes rotate much more rapidly than expected. The discovery came as ...

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...

From unifying quantum physics and gravity to working out what is dark matter, the universe has some deep questions that ...

How astronomers used gravitational lensing, a space-time trick predicted by Einstein, to detect a black hole measuring 30 ...

If a star orbits a black hole, it will appear from a distance to be orbiting empty space. Gaia projects the star’s orbit on a ...

Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...

Black holes might all have hearts of pure darkness, but many cloak themselves in rings of fire that blaze like little else in ...

For the first time, researchers have found evidence that even microquasars with low-mass stars can efficiently accelerate ...

In an article published in Physical Review Letters on Thursday, scientists carried out an innovative study testing the ...

Space-time may hide a bizarre new kind of black hole that causes Einstein’s theory of gravity to fail – and could solve the ...

A new study shows that black holes consume gas which creates an outburst that cools nearby gas for the black hole to consume ...

Discover how researchers found a bizarre black hole feeding at an exceptional rate, challenging theories on black hole growth ...