New black hole models could solve Einstein puzzle The research proposes alternative models for black holes, potentially eliminating the concept of singularities and offering new insights into ...

That’s the first optically discovered off-nuclear TDE discovered.” A six-panel illustration of a tidal disruption event around a supermassive black hole. NASA, ESA, STScI, Ralf Crawford (STScI) ...

A black hole bomb – an idea first proposed in 1969 – has now been realised in the lab as a toy model made from a rotating cylinder and magnetic coils. Studying the bomb could help us better ...

Where Is the Nearest Black Hole to Earth? The closest black hole to Earth may be just 1,500 light-years away from the Sun. V723 Monocerotis is a variable star within the constellation Monoceros ...

Scientists have spotted a massive black hole in the early universe that is 'napping' after stuffing itself with too much food. Like a bear gorging itself on salmon before hibernating for the ...

An artist's conception of the distant black hole LID-568. Credit: NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. da Silva / M. Zamani The powerful James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a phenomenon once thought ...

For the first time, physicists have observed a “black hole triple” in space. This new system is about 8,000 light years away from Earth and is made up of a central black hole that is in the ...

Black hole mergers are beautiful — and some of the most violent events in the cosmos. Here's how the process unfolds. The story begins with two black holes orbiting far from each other in long ...

A gargantuan supermassive black hole in the center of a distant galaxy has been spotted coming back to life. An unsuspecting galaxy named SDSS1335+0728, located 300 million light-years away from ...

In this visualization of a flight toward a supermassive black hole, labels highlight many of the fascinating features produced by the effects of general relativity along the way. Produced on a ...

Astronomers have discovered powerful "twisted" magnetic fields spiraling around the black hole that sits at the center of the Milky Way, the European Southern Observatory said Wednesday. A new ...

The type of black hole that’s sitting in the center of a galaxy is different. This is a supermassive black hole, or SMBH, and — as its name implies — it’s much heftier.