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 ...

Black hole quantum effects are usually thought to be too small to have any observable signatures. This is indeed the case for heavy black holes, such as the ones detected via gravitational waves ...

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

Credit: Aurore Simonnet / Sonoma State University That's because the shredding of the white dwarf's material has a "kickback" effect, propelling it away from the black hole's event horizon.

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

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

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

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

"This is how you solve the universe-breaking problem." ...

"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered ...

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 ...