Black hole light echoes are an extreme form of gravitational lensing. To measure the masses and spins of black holes, ...

The black hole's voracious appetite, which has allowed it to pile on more than seven million solar masses in just 12 million ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a feeding black hole in the early universe that seems to be ...

The black hole’s mass is over half that of all the stars in the surrounding galaxy, a record for any galaxy hosting a quasar.

How did supermassive black holes get big so fast? Astrophysicist Souphie Koudmani tells us how she and her colleagues are finding out.

In a galaxy 7.5 billion light-years away, a supermassive black hole shoots out streams of magnetized plasma that span 140 Milky Ways in length. This mind-boggling structure—nicknamed Porphyrion, after ...

The DESI survey reveals that active black holes in small galaxies are common. The findings may help reveal how the two cosmic bodies evolve together.

In the final sprint to the election, Kamala Harris’ campaign — at her insistence, aides and allies said — started playing ...

The OBR has a responsibility to provide the best forecasts it possibly can. This is why it already relies on market pricing ...

Democrats were stunned at the magnitude of Harris' loss to Trump and pointed fingers at everything from immigration policy to ...

The chancellor tells the BBC businesses will have to absorb the costs of paying more National Insurance or give out smaller pay rises.

Trump’s convincing victory will transform Washington. He will enjoy a comfortable majority in the Senate that will be ...