Astronomers have confirmed the first isolated stellar-mass black hole drifting through the Milky Way, located roughly 5,000 ...

Scientists have discovered that active supermassive black holes don't just kill their home galaxies, but can also eradicate ...

It sounds like science fiction: a spacecraft, no heavier than a paperclip, propelled by a laser beam and hurtling through space at the speed of light toward a black hole, on a mission to probe the ...

If a pair of black holes coalesce into one, much of that vast energy can be released in a few seconds.

Learn how supermassive black holes may be suppressing star formation in nearby galaxies.

What kind of physics is happening inside a black hole? Scientists have a lot of ideas, but taking any concrete measurements is borderline impossible—that is, unless you want to be spaghettified or ...

An ancient, fast-feeding quasar is breaking the rules of how black holes consume matter and generate galaxy-shaping jets.

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Imagine a jet of energy so powerful that it makes even Star Wars’ Death Star look tiny. That’s reportedly what astronomers are seeing from a supermass.

Theoretical research led by Professor Enrique Gaztañaga of the University of Portsmouth challenges the ...