Black holes, once purely theoretical, are now observable phenomena, offering insights into the universe. Their intense ...

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

Could Mysterious Black Hole Burps Rewrite Physics?

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

Southwest Research Institute has collaborated with Yale University to summarize the scientific community's notable progress ...

"We would need to consider the possibility that the source was created (or trapped as a primordial black hole) by a highly advanced technological civilization," Harvard's Avi Loeb writes.

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before ...

A distant supermassive black hole, PG1211+143, is consuming surrounding matter so rapidly it's expelling excess mass at ...

Their paper focuses on late accretion's role in the long-term evolution of terrestrial planets, including their distinct geophysical and chemical properties as well as their potential habitability.

TOI-6894 b, the largest exoplanet relative to its host star yet seen, doesn’t fit the most widely accepted formation model ...

The immense gravity of each black hole distorts light from the other’s accretion disk, creating a “funhouse mirror” effect.