Black holes are dark, matter-devouring balls of gravity. Most of them are so far away that we don't need to worry about them. But not this one. Meet Gaia BH1. This enormous black hole sits right ...

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar neighbor, which lies just 4.2 light-years away — thanks to a powerful new ...

Astronomers have decoded the hidden past of a distant red giant star by listening to tiny vibrations in its light, revealing ...

Astronomers have identified a massive cloud of water vapor surrounding a distant quasar, marking the largest single reservoir ...

Astronomers have confirmed the first known triple system in which all three galaxies host actively feeding, radio-bright ...

2025 was another big year for black holes, and here's our pick of the top black hole stories from the last twelve months.

Neutron stars explained through stellar remnants and collapsed stars, revealing extreme density, gravity, magnetism, and ...

Black holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe, and now scientists can model them more accurately than ever ...

Mysterious ‘little red dots’ seen by the James Webb Space Telescope can be explained by a new kind of black hole enshrouded ...

Caltech is a place unlike any other, an Institute that is truly “small but mighty.” Its small size and the expertise of its ...

It's a bit of fun, even if for the vast majority the answer was "somewhere in an ocean". But would it be possible to dig ...

This week in science: the choice between tea or coffee could have greater consequences than you think; interstellar comet ...