Researchers have spent 10 years improving the massive detectors they use to catch shockwaves from colliding black holes, and ...

Astronomers say they've found evidence of an ancient and never directly observed class of object known as a primordial black ...

We’re not claiming that it’s absolutely going to happen this decade. But there could be a 90% chance that it does." ...

Chinese astronomers may have discovered a never-before-seen triple black hole system. The team identified this triplet, which is locked in a complex "waltz," after spotting a hidden supermassive black ...

New research published this week confirms Stephen Hawking’s 1971 theory that the surface area of black holes never shrinks, even during a collision. An international group of scientists, ...

A groundbreaking study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics has revealed that the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*, is spinning at nearly maximum speed and ...

This particular supernova was unusual for several reasons. Scientists may have figured out what caused one of the strangest explosions ever observed in our universe: A massive star exploded while ...

The incredible new find was only possible thanks to the gravitational lensing of the Cosmic Horseshoe. Credit: ESA/Hubble Last week, astronomers announced the discovery of an unimaginably large black ...

Black holes are dark, menacing objects with gravity so intense that not even light can escape, so you don’t want to mess with them. A recent discovery of one of the strangest supernovas ever observed ...

Artistic depiction of the explosive interaction between the black hole and the massive nearby star (blue). As the separation between the star and the black hole decreased, the black hole's intense ...

A black hole’s bizarre "heartbeat" is forcing astronomers to reconsider how these cosmic heavyweights behave. Observations of IGR J17091-3624 — a black hole in a binary system roughly 28,000 ...