This gas needs an enormous amount of energy to shine — more than normal stars can supply. The discovery, based on data from ...

Astronomers have confirmed a wandering black hole, about seven times the mass of the Sun, 5,000 light-years from Earth.

In 2018 astronomers at MIT and elsewhere observed previously unseen behavior from a black hole known as 1ES 1927+654, which ...

Scientists have created an optical device capable of mimicking black holes and the still hypothetical white holes. This ...

In 2022, experts from the University of Amsterdam simulated a black hole event horizon to test Stephen Hawking's 1974 radiation theory.

Einstein believed that black holes didn't really exist. But they do: that much we know. We don't know much else about them.

Most people know that black holes are kind of scary. Admittedly, that's true, but black holes are so much more than that.

The latest discovery marks the first-ever "compelling clue" that a black hole may be present in the enigmatic galaxy, ...

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

Astronomers confirm a wandering black hole in our galaxy’s Sagittarius region using Hubble and Gaia microlensing data.

A distant galaxy that lay quiet for decades has suddenly stirred, lighting up in dramatic bursts that have caught astronomers ...

Like a bear gorging ... Event Horizon Telescope: Moving Towards a Close-Up of a Black Hole and Its Jets Dec. 17, 2024 — After taking the first images of black holes, the groundbreaking Event ...