Nearly every galaxy has a supermassive black hole in its core. Whether the black hole forms first and then the galaxy around ...

A tiny fraction of known black holes emit X-ray signals that resemble a human "heartbeat." Now, new research may finally explain the strange phenomenon. Stars that wander too close to supermassive ...

For decades, black holes have stood as the most enigmatic objects in the universe, defying our understanding of space, time, ...

According to the theory, our reality is encoded on the boundary of a black hole within a much larger universe.

A black hole has shredded a massive star like it was "preparing a snack for lunch," according to a team of scientists at the ...

New XRISM X-ray observations reveal details of gas near a supermassive black hole in galaxy MCG–6-30-15, helping scientists better measure black hole spin and behavior ...

Binary black hole systems are turning out to produce some of the most important data in modern astronomy. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center A new study in the scientific journal Nuclear ...

Black holes are usually framed as the ultimate dead ends of the universe, but a new mathematical proposal suggests they might instead be raw material for building shortcuts through spacetime. In this ...

Scientists say they detected the largest-ever merger of two black holes, forming one that is 225 times the mass of the sun, adding that the new discovery "pushes the limits of" how astronomers ...

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How did supermassive black holes get big so fast? Astrophysicist Souphie Koudmani tells us how she and her colleagues are finding out. A fresh analysis of decades-old X-ray black hole jet data has ...