Recent observations of gravitational waves from merging black holes have confirmed a theory proposed by physicist Stephen ...

Event Horizon Telescope data reveal the magnetic field around M87* shifted, weakened and then flipped, defying theoretical expectations.

In the 10 years since the first detection of gravitational waves, we have detected hundreds of these waves produced by the ...

New data from the James Webb Space Telescope may solve a riddle from the universe’s beginnings. A compact, distant object called “The Cliff” appears to show that many of the mysterious “little red ...

Astronomers have been astounded by the discovery of a rogue black hole that has emitted an unprecedented radio blast, marking ...

The experiment at CERN produced pairs of electron and positron beams, propagating into an ambient plasma. The international team of researchers found that the beams were narrow and nearly parallel, ...

For the first time, scientists have detected two black hole mergers with spins so unusual they may reveal a new generation of ...

New research suggests that we may be vastly underestimating the number of black holes that existed in the early universe — which could help answer a big question in cosmology. “It turns out that there ...

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The deepest mysteries of the universe often begin with the biggest questions. Few are more puzzling than the birth of supermassive black holes. These giants, weighing millions to billions of times ...

An illustration of a supermassive black hole, like those found at the centers of galaxies © Roberto Molar Candanosa/Johns Hopkins University A new study from Johns ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists are expected to unveil on Wednesday the first-ever photograph of a black hole, a breakthrough in astrophysics providing insight into celestial monsters with ...