Scientists using observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from ...
Scientists using observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from a pair of monster black holes disrupting a cloud of gas in the center of a ...
To put that into perspective, the universe is now about 13.8 billion years old. The discovery could provide insight into ...
A team of astronomers believe they have found a black hole in the early universe gobbling down matter at a rate of 40 times ...
Recent results suggest these exotic objects just might help us account for the mysterious force pushing the universe apart.
Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it ...
As we gaze into the universe, we've discovered most galaxies have a supermassive black hole lurking near the center.
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 ...
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 ...
The 35.4-meter acrylic sphere is the crucial component of the core equipment of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory ...