Black holes are some of the most mysterious objects in the Universe – a reputation not helped by the difficulty of studying them. Because these ultra-dense objects emit no light we can detect, we have ...

Black holes are among the most famous things in the universe, though we know shockingly little about them. Sure, astronomers are now able to detect their existence and measure certain things about ...

Technology was advancing leaps and bounds every minute, and it would not be long before we made a journey to space. An astrophysicist proposed the idea of a miniature spacecraft, with the weight of a ...

Near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy sits an immense object that astronomers call Sagittarius A*. This "supermassive" black hole may have grown in tandem with our galaxy, and it's not alone.

Wednesday, Jan. 8 and 15, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app —Discover how scientists are revealing new clues to the strangest and most extreme objects in the universe— They are ...