Astronomers have observed a star wobbling in its orbit around a ravenous supermassive black hole that is ripping it apart and ...

Scientists observed a spinning black hole dragging space and time as it tore apart a star, confirming a key prediction of Einstein’s theory of relativity ...

Scientists detect a 20-day wobble from a star-shredding black hole, confirming spacetime twisting predicted by Einstein.

Astronomers observed a star wobbling around a spinning black hole, revealing rare evidence of Einstein’s frame-dragging ...

For the first time, scientists have observed a swirling distortion in spacetime caused by a rapidly spinning black hole—an ...

The cosmos has served up a gift for a group of scientists who have been searching for one of the most elusive phenomena in ...

Spinning massive objects drag spacetime along with them. This curious phenomenon is an important prediction in general ...

In 2023, astronomers witnessed something that defied the laws of physics — a colossal black hole merger that shouldn’t have ...

New black hole research from the Flatiron Institute rethinks their formation under the influence of magnetic fields.

A detailed suite of simulations conducted by astrophysicists at the Flatiron Institute and their collaborators showed that magnetic fields can produce black holes with masses that were previously ...

Using cutting-edge algorithms and exascale supercomputers, researchers have created the most realistic simulations yet of matter flowing into black holes. Building on decades of research, a group of c ...

The phenomenon, caused by a rapidly spinning black hole, confirms a general relativity prediction by Einstein, made more than a century ago. The process, named Lense-Thirring precession or ...