Stars often fall into black holes, and now it seems the opposite can also occur, producing an extra long-lasting explosion as ...

Astronomers have discovered the longest gamma-ray burst ever recorded, revealing that a black hole literally consumed a star ...

In the 1960s, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union signed a treaty banning nuclear weapons tests ...

Images taken of the Universe's most photogenic black hole over time reveal strange and exciting changes in its magnetic field. Using observations obtained using the Event Horizon Telescope in 2017, ...

Mathematical quirks of our universe have led some cosmologists to wonder whether the cosmos was actually born in a black hole. Parallels in the physics of the universe and that of black holes have led ...

Scientists have recently uncovered groundbreaking insights into the core of black holes, potentially resolving one of the universe’s greatest mysteries. As research advances, predictions indicate that ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the ...

In the heart of Dallas’s Deep Ellum district sits Allgood Cafe, an unassuming treasure where locals whisper about a herb roasted chicken so perfectly executed it might just be worth crossing county ...

The supermassive black hole is that first one that astronomers ever photographed. For more than a century, astronomers have marveled at the brilliant jet of matter blasting from the heart of the giant ...

A fresh black hole merger detection has offered the clearest evidence yet for Einstein’s relativity and Hawking’s predictions. Scientists tracked the complete cosmic collision, confirming that black ...

Scientists have begun to unravel the origin story of a cataclysmic collision between two black holes, which seem to have met their fate on a rarely observed "squashed" orbital path. The binary black ...