Black holes have long captivated the imagination of scientists and the public alike, with their immense gravity and enigmatic nature. For years, the mysteries surrounding these cosmic giants have ...

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

"Theories involving substantial formation of stars prior to or together with the black hole formation and growth are very ...

Astronomers have witnessed a distant supermassive black hole devouring its surrounding matter so rapidly that it is "burping" ...

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

Names are a strange thing in astronomy. Sometimes scientists come up with grandiose, simple name, like the Extremely Large ...

ENTs occur when stars that are at least three times as massive as the Sun pass so close to a supermassive black hole that its colossal gravity shreds them to pieces. The resulting string of matter ...

Particles orbiting a black hole could collide at colossal energies, generating collision products that may offer valuable ...

A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...

These are rare occurrences—scientists estimate that the giant black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy gobbles a star ...

Two international teams zoned in on a potential answer to a decades-long mystery surrounding ephemeral cosmic X-rays.

Supermassive black holes usually lurk unseen, but when an unlucky star drifts too close they ignite titanic outbursts ...