Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to ...
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 ...
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.
Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) can have billions of solar masses, and observational evidence suggests that all large ...
Black hole light echoes are an extreme form of gravitational lensing. To measure the masses and spins of black holes, ...
A recent study has proposed a new mechanism for the formation of primordial black holes that could provide answers about dark matter.
Massive stars about eight times more massive than the sun explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The explosions, ...