Particles orbiting a black hole could collide at colossal energies, generating collision products that may offer valuable ...

At cosmological scales, Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity has given scientists an immensely accurate blueprint ...

The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible,” Albert Einstein once pondered. But even as ...

The celebration of the Declaration of Independence's semiquincentennial is a chance to broaden the historical narrative to ...

Black holes are expected to be the last giant objects left in the universe, but even they will slowly shrink and disappear ...

Chandra X-ray Observatory observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster's black hole and M87's jet have been turned into sound by SYSTEM Sounds. The Chandra team explains how it was done.

A powerful new technique is poised to revolutionize how astronomers observe black holes, by producing sharp, multicolored images that could reveal their dynamic evolution in real time.

In a major leap forward, scientists, using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), have captured the sharpest images yet of distant galactic centers. Using light at a frequency of 345 GHz, they’ve ...

A series of studies sheds light on the origins and characteristics of intermediate-mass black holes.

In the world of black holes, there are generally three size categories: stellar-mass black holes (about five to 50 times the mass of the sun), supermassive black holes (millions to billions of ...

The mystery at a black hole’s core might soon be solved — without a singularity at all.