The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have formed ...

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Hubble Space Telescope snapped an image of UGC 11397, a spiral galaxy situated in the constellation Lyra, about 250 million ...

Scientists may have found a new way to detect some of the universe's most mysterious objects, primordial black holes (PBHs), ...

Traditionally thought to go silent after a brief flare of activity, some black holes are now being observed emitting new ...

A new paper claims astronomers discovered an ultramassive black hole heavier than any other black hole we've ever measured.

Caltech simulations reveal what happens when black holes collide with neutron stars—violent cracking, intense shock waves, ...

Black holes are invisible, yet they are among the brightest things in the universe. If a star wanders too close to a black ...

A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...

Supermassive black holes usually lurk unseen, but when an unlucky star drifts too close they ignite titanic outbursts ...