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

As we gaze into the universe, we've discovered most galaxies have a supermassive black hole lurking near the center.

Black holes are fascinating objects. They're unimaginably dense: If Earth was (hypothetically) crushed into a black hole, it ...

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 ...

Recent results suggest these exotic objects just might help us account for the mysterious force pushing the universe apart.

Japanese scientists argue that the Milky Way's black hole is shaped like an elongated oval rather than like a "doughnut." ...

A team of astronomers believe they have found a black hole in the early universe gobbling down matter at a rate of 40 times ...

Scientists using observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from ...

Scientists have found the "hungriest" black hole that is "feasting" on matter faster than experts previously thought possible ...

Scientists are now claiming that primordial black holes may be heating up and exploding throughout the universe. Detection of ...

Astronomers have used a range of telescopes, including Hubble, to watch as particles dance around a neutron star collision ...

Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to ...