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

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

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 ...

Jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward that cosmic titan in a cosmic feeding process.

Astronomers have long been fascinated by the enigmatic behavior of black holes and their role in the cosmos. These colossal ...

According to NASA, "there are hundreds of them"—massive black holes roaming space. It is now emerging and reshaping the ...

Researchers have discovered the largest black hole plasma jets ever in a galaxy almost 7 billion light years away from Earth.

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

Supermassive black holes, 1,000 times larger than previously thought, have been discovered in LRD-type galaxies. This discovery could change our understanding of the early universe. Researchers using ...

Scientists have found that supermassive black holes self-grow by regulating the cooling of surrounding hot gas, forming warm gas filaments that they consume. This discovery enhances the ...

Or is it The Romulans in Star Trek (2009) artificially creating a stellar black hole and consuming the entire planet of Vulcan? Ever since black holes’ discovery, they have been popular plot devices ...

After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.