Black hole light echoes are an extreme form of gravitational lensing. To measure the masses and spins of black holes, ...

What truly happens inside a black hole? Dive deep into one of the universe’s greatest mysteries, where spacetime bends beyond ...

The kilonova briefly mimicked the conditions immediately following the Big Bang, and allowed scientists to confirm the source ...

A recent study has proposed a new mechanism for the formation of primordial black holes that could provide answers about dark matter.

How did supermassive black holes get big so fast? Astrophysicist Souphie Koudmani tells us how she and her colleagues are finding out.

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 ...

There are monstrous objects at the heart of every large galaxy — black holes that are millions or even billions of times more ...

Here’s how it works. Astronomers have scoured decades-old data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, finding bright, lumpy ...

A team of U.S. astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole that is consuming matter at a phenomenal rate—40x the ...

New research suggests black holes are unstable, challenging Einstein's theory of general relativity and the Kerr solution.

An ancient black hole near the galactic center is consuming matter at over 40 times the theoretical limit, raising questions ...

The DESI survey reveals that active black holes in small galaxies are common. The findings may help reveal how the two cosmic bodies evolve together.