But in the past two decades, new types of black holes have been seen and astronomers are beginning to understand how they ...

Explore Earth and our neighboring worlds in the Solar System, orbit a black hole in a galaxy billions of light-years away, or visit anything in between seamlessly, with no transitions.All of time ...

With the recent first light milestone for the Vera Rubin Observatory, it's only a matter of time before one of astronomy's most long-awaited surveys begins. The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) ...

Particles orbiting a black hole could collide at colossal energies, generating collision products that may offer valuable ...

A black hole is more than just a region of space where nothing escapes. It can also become a powerful cosmic engine.

Black holes are some of the most extreme objects in the universe, and a new mission proposal suggests launching a space telescope specifically to study them. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT ...

Now, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a black hole in the act of devouring a star, ripping it apart and creating a huge burst of radiation.

NASA finds supermassive black hole called ‘Space Jaws:’ Why it deserves sci-fi horror name A sneaky black hole was the source of a tidal disruption event that was so large and so bright that ...

Nuclear fusion is the energy-producing holy grail for green tech engineers on Earth. But the universe may have another impressive energy engine—black holes. Theoretical physicists from Peking ...

Researchers announced the creation of a new kind of simulated black hole, which is made primarily out of sound waves and glycerin.

Astronomers have detected an impressive supermassive black hole devouring a star – and they've nicknamed it "Scary Barbie," in part because of its terrifying power. Scientists called it one of ...