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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

New research suggests black holes are unstable, challenging Einstein's theory of general relativity and the Kerr solution.

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

A recent cosmic discovery reveals a black hole tearing apart one star and hurling its remains at another. This event links ...