Earlier this year, researchers reported the most massive black hole merger ever detected. But the event was so unusual that ...

On Black Hole Friday, we spotlight the work of astrophysicist Chung-Pei Ma, whose research is transforming our understanding ...

Black holes, regions of immense gravity preventing light escape, were theoretically predicted by Einstein's general relativity and confirmed through observations of intense X-ray sources like Cygnus X ...

When Kareem El-Badry picked up an unknown phone call at 7 a.m., he didn’t expect to hear the words that would change his career. “They said, this is so and so from the MacArthur Foundation. And I was ...

JWST NIRCam imaging of star-forming protocluster PHz G191.24+62.04, 11 billion years ago as the universe was approaching the peak of star formation. These early galaxies are among the most active star ...

"The key result is that while many alternatives look very similar to the 'standard' black hole at today's image quality, the differences grow predictably as imaging resolution and fidelity improve, ...

Dark matter is theorized to make up approximately 27% of the universe, with ordinary matter — the stars, planets, and everyday objects we encounter — accounting for merely 5%. The remainder consists ...

As astronomers read back into the first chapters of the universe’s history, they have uncovered a horde of gigantic black holes that seem to have matured much faster than scientists thought possible.

When two black holes collide, does it make a sound? It sounds like a physics class riddle, but it’s a question that haunted astrophysicist and author Janna Levin . Her new book, Black Hole Blues and ...

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 ...

A provocative theory is gaining new support today. Scientists suggest atom-sized black holes may move through Earth. These ...