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

The kilonova briefly mimicked the conditions immediately following the Big Bang, and allowed scientists to confirm the source ...

A recent study has proposed a new mechanism for the formation of primordial black holes that could provide answers about dark matter.

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, a team of astronomers has discovered lumps of particles within a black hole jet in ...

Astronomers have witnessed a rare cosmic event, where a massive star in the Andromeda galaxy (M31) has transformed directly into a black hole, without the usual supernova explosion. The phenomenon ...

As you can probably imagine by this point, falling into a black hole would be terrifying. "If you fell into a black hole, the gravitational pull would stretch you out in a process called ...

The 35.4-meter acrylic sphere is the crucial component of the core equipment of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory ...

How astronomers used gravitational lensing, a space-time trick predicted by Einstein, to detect a black hole measuring 30 ...

Faulkner added: "Jonas Enander is a fascinating and enlightening guide to the enduring mystery and majesty of black holes and this book literally contains multitudes – the whole history of science, ...

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team look at the latest science news. Including an enormous black hole defying our existing laws of physics, and what DNA analysis is revealing about the ...

Astrophysicists have developed a method to detect light echoes from black holes, potentially revolutionizing the measurement ...

When a star moves around a supermassive black hole (SMBH) in a close elliptical orbit, it gets partially tidally disrupted ...