In a study published in Physical Review Letters, physicists have demonstrated that black holes satisfy the third law of ...

Scientists flew the XL-Calibur telescope on a high-altitude balloon to measure polarized X-rays from Cygnus X-1. These ...

Surprisingly, some of the universe's brightest objects are black holes. As scorching gas and dust flow around and into a ...

"If this turns out to be real, then it’s enormous." ...

The tidal forces produced by a tiny black hole would have an interesting effect on human bodies.

You live in a galaxy packed with black holes that never announce themselves. They do not blaze in X-rays or glow with stolen ...

Two clashing ideas about disorder inside black holes now point to the same strange conclusions, and it could reshape the ...

A Nov LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA signal hints at ultra-light primordial black holes—hypothetical relics of the early universe. If ...

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now fully assembled and ready to begin launch preparations this summer.

An object inside our galaxy is moving so fast that it is on track to break free of the Milky Way altogether, racing through ...

Supersonic shock waves are cone-shaped disturbances that result from an object moving faster than the speed of sound. If you ...

In 2025, NASA faced unprecedented uncertainty as it grappled with sweeping layoffs, looming budget cuts, and leadership ...