Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

By observing tiny ripples in spacetime called "gravitational waves" that propagate away from colliding black holes, ...

New details have been discovered about M87*, the first black hole ever photographed, revealing its plasma, its brightness and ...

Researchers said on Thursday that they had discovered twin-lobed radio jets they suspect were formed when the universe was ...

Scientists Claim That Gravitational Waves Could Retrace the Origins of Black Holes in Dense Stars Black holes have always ...

When NASA detects two black holes colliding, the cosmos is in a state of chaos. Black holes lie at the centre of most ...

If a star orbits a black hole, it will appear from a distance to be orbiting empty space. Gaia projects the star’s orbit on a ...

Scientists have discovered that some supermassive black holes rotate much more rapidly than expected. The discovery came as ...

Finding patterns and reducing noise in large, complex datasets generated by the gravitational wave-detecting LIGO facility ...

Rather than relying on a cheek swab or a little blood, however, these cosmic DNA tests utilize tiny ripples in the fabric of ...

After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

Cardiff University has announced plans to cut up to 400 academic jobs and axe several degree programmes, including modern ...