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

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

NASA This image showcases galaxy NGC 1275 which is known for its radio source and strong emitter of X-rays due to a ...

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) can have billions of solar masses, and observational evidence suggests that all large ...

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

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

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

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

Massive stars about eight times more massive than the sun explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The explosions, ...

It's sitting in the middle of a galaxy called LID-568, as seen just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, appearing to guzzle ...

New research sheds light on how a pair of unusual black holes may have been able to keep their companion stars alive — and at a distance.

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