Watch an animation of a black hole shooting jets of particles through a "collapsing star at nearly the speed of light" and ...

There’s something unforgettable about a moment in anime when a character just disappears. Not because they turned invisible, not because of some camera trick, but because they moved that fast. Faster ...

"The launch of a black hole jet has never been observed before in real-time." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have, ...

So, you’re driving a car at half the speed of light. (Both hands on the wheel, please.) You turn on the headlights. How fast would you see this light traveling? What about a person standing by the ...

The most distant galaxies in this deep field image from the James Webb Space Telescope appear as small, faint dots—and are receding from us faster than the speed of light due to cosmic expansion. If ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we dive into fascinating ideas from around the universe. You can sign up for Lost in Space-Time here. If you’ve taken a ...