"We want to understand how these galaxies are forming stars, how many stars they’re forming, and especially how the black ...

The energy source behind both quasars and microquasars is the spin of the black hole itself. As they gradually give up this ...

The coffin of Pope Francis was sealed in St. Peter's Basilica on Friday evening, ahead of the funeral on Saturday. A changing ...

The basic idea is that you send a beam of light around a pair of black holes spinning around each other prior to a merger, or ...

A team of researchers has engineered a groundbreaking optical device that mimics the physics of black holes and their ...

Black holes are also unlike anything found on Earth or in the solar system in another respect: their sheer power. When surrounded by matter, black holes can be responsible for the most energetic ...

Scientists say that there is a way humanity could travel to millions of light years in seconds thanks to holes in the fabric ...

A mysterious black hole in a distant galaxy just woke up after decades of silence—and it’s putting on a cosmic light show!

Astronomers are investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of X-rays seen from a newly awakened black hole. Watching this strange behavior unfold in real time offers a unique opportunity to ...

An illustration of a supermassive black hole power AGN at the heart of a distant galaxy | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) Clumps of highly ionized gas were the "smoking gun" hinting at the ...

Star Trek has featured some of the most dangerous weapons ever seen in science fiction. These are not just laser guns or ...