By observing tiny ripples in spacetime called "gravitational waves" that propagate away from colliding black holes, ...

Supermassive black holes are often regarded as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence than first meets the eye. Researchers studied data from the ...

The dense stellar remnant would, if confirmed, be the closest known object to any black hole, according to preliminary research Sara Hashemi The energetic streams are together 23 million light ...

LISA is set to revolutionize our understanding of the gravitational universe and the interactions that make the entire cosmos ...

Astronomers have found that the largest black holes in the universe don’t just consume matter—they also help create it. (Centaurus Cluster composite image.) Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/V. Olivaresi et ...

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Expect the unexpected In this artist’s rendering, a stream of matter trails a white dwarf orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927+654’s supermassive black hole. (Courtesy: ...