"This work is a step toward understanding how quantum mechanics and gravity work together, a major unsolved problem in ...

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

Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...

Very massive stars are cosmic "rock stars" that live fast, die young and leave black holes in their place. During this ...

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

Astronomers at the University of Hawaii uncovered black hole events so packed with energy, they were the biggest explosions ...

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

The monster black hole lurking at the center of galaxy M87 is an absolute beast. It is one of the largest in our vicinity and was the ideal first target for the Event Horizon Telescope. Scientists ...

New calculations have revealed that the super-energetic jets produced by spinning black holes could be a source for elusive dark matter particles ...

These explosions, called extreme nuclear transients, shine for longer than typical supernovas and get 30 to 1,000 times as bright.