Physicists think the insides of black holes may be complex mazes of tangled strings in higher dimensions Black holes, the ...

Researchers have spent the past few years watching a black hole re-awaken roughly 300 million light-years away from Earth.

"This pushes our models to their limits and challenges our existing ideas about how these X-ray flashes are being generated." ...

Scientists have uncovered the strongest evidence yet for the existence of elusive intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs), long ...

Although we know that supermassive black holes (millions of times the mass of our sun) lurk at the center of most galaxies, ...

"This rare event provides an opportunity for astronomers to observe a black hole's behavior in real time," said astronomer Lorena Hernández-García.

Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in ...

The black hole at the heart of galaxy SDSS1335+0728, located 300 million light-years away, was quiet for decades as it consumed little matter and was in a dormant state. But recently it suddenly lit ...

One of the most powerful objects in the universe is a radio quasar—a spinning black hole spraying out highly energetic ...

The new result can help ... Black Hole Pairs May Unveil New Particles Sep. 17, 2024 — In a new paper, physicists argue that close observations of merging black hole pairs may unveil information ...

Black holes are fundamental to the structure of galaxies and critical in our understanding of gravity, space, and time. A ...

Astronomers are investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of X-rays seen from a newly awakened black hole. Watching this strange behavior unfold in real time offers a unique opportunity to ...