Black Holes

A new model suggests how gravitational waves created by the collision between black holes spread and interact within the fabric of space-time.

Astronomers using the Event Horizon Telescope were able to see a supermassive blackhole powering a super bright quasar at the heart of a distant galaxy.

Black holes may be the origin of dark energy, according to a study by a team of researchers led by the University of Hawaii.

Astronomers may finally know what delivers the gas that feeds the powerful phenomena surrounding active black holes.

A star has survived a close encounter with a black hole, but the black hole has been able to sneak a second bite.

Black holes residing at the center of galaxies produce way more energy than scientists previously thought, a new study has revealed.

Black holes form natural time machines that allow travel to both the past and the future. But don't expect to be visiting dinosaurs any time soon.

A distant black hole has a real sweet tooth, stretching a star that ventured too close to it into a stellar taffy and a doughnut the size of the solar system before devouring it.

A nearby galaxy merger harbors two black holes locked in a cosmic dance, according to new research.

Many black hole collisions may occur in densely packed star clusters, hinting at what might cause these violent mergers.

A feeding supermassive black hole in the galactic cluster MS0735 is b is burping out huge amounts of energy clearing cosmic bubbles in its surroundings.

What lurks at the center of a black hole? Studying the space-time ripples from black hole collisions could reveal an answer.

Over the past year, astronomers have gleaned new insights into black holes across the universe. Here is a list of 15 times black holes surprised us in 2022.

Astronomers have witnessed a black hole feeding on the remains of a star it ripped apart, spotting the formation of a halo of hot gas called a corona.

Astronomers have made the most distant observation of a black hole ripping apart a star and feasting upon it, thanks to a jet of stellar "leftovers" blasted directly toward Earth.

By using a chain of atoms to simulate a black hole's event horizon, researchers have shown that Hawking radiation may exist just as the late physicist described.

Astronomers may finally have a way to hunt for a monstrous supermassive black hole they suspect lurks in the dwarf galaxy next door.

Observations with NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer spacecraft have shed light on how particles are accelerated to nearly the speed of light in a blazar's jet.

An uncharted region of space known as the "zone of avoidance" lurks behind the Milky Way's center – and astronomers just found an enormous, multi-galaxy structure there.

A distant intermediate black hole has signaled its presence to researchers by blasting out intense radiation as it ripped apart an unfortunate star that wandered too close to it.