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Massive stars about eight times more massive than the sun explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The explosions, ...

Black holes are fascinating objects. They're unimaginably dense: If Earth was (hypothetically) crushed into a black hole, it ...

Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to ...

As we gaze into the universe, we've discovered most galaxies have a supermassive black hole lurking near the center.

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) can have billions of solar masses, and observational evidence suggests that all large ...

Researchers have discovered something groundbreaking in the world of astrophysics—an incredible system where not one, but a ...

The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.

Chandra X-ray Observatory observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster black hole and M87's jet have been turned into sound by ...

Black holes exert a tremendous influence on their surroundings, meaning that when they spin, they literally drag the very fabric of space and time around with them. That means nothing can sit still ...

Astrophysicists have developed a method to detect light echoes from black holes, potentially revolutionizing the measurement ...

A recent cosmic discovery reveals a black hole tearing apart one star and hurling its remains at another. This event links ...