Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

Could Mysterious Black Hole Burps Rewrite Physics?

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

A lobster fisherman in Cape Breton recently had a close encounter with a great white shark. Jimmy MacArthur was off Sight ...

A powerful new technique is poised to revolutionize how astronomers observe black holes, by producing sharp, multicolored ...

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

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

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

This discovery challenges some ideas about how matter organizes around black holes. Contrary to what some models predicted, the detected emissions wouldn't come from a matter jet, but rather from ...

Alternatively, a supermassive black hole seed could come from a giant star, about 100 times the sun's mass, that ultimately forms into a black hole after it runs out of fuel and collapses.

Black holes are invisible, yet they are among the brightest things in the universe. If a star wanders too close to a black hole, it gets torn apart in a fireworks show called a tidal disruption ...