Scientists have observed a new type of black hole that is too heavy to have been born from a star but still too slim to … The ...

Very massive stars are cosmic "rock stars" that live fast, die young and leave black holes in their place. During this ...

Astronomers at the University of Hawaii uncovered black hole events so packed with energy, they were the biggest explosions ...

A team of scientists has developed a new model to study ‘very massive stars’ and their impact on the formation of black holes ...

Astronomers working with the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have detected patterns showing ...

One of the most perplexing discoveries in modern astronomy has been finding supermassive black holes, some weighing billions ...

A new census reveals that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden behind dust, disrupting major galactic models.

Properties of “Lite” Intermediate-mass Black Hole Candidates in LIGO-Virgo’s Third Observing Run. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2025; 985 (2): L37 DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/adc5f8; ...

Fermi balls might be more important than scientists previous considered. Now, this phenomenon from the early stages of the ...

Caltech simulations reveal what happens when black holes collide with neutron stars—violent cracking, intense shock waves, ...

For decades, scientists have believed there should be black holes that fall between two well-known types. On one end are ...

A distant supermassive black hole, PG1211+143, is consuming surrounding matter so rapidly it's expelling excess mass at ...