The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...

A new census reveals that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden behind dust, disrupting major galactic models.

A stronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole that's shooting a giant energy beam directly at Earth. The cosmic juggernaut, which is about as massive as 700 million suns, is taking aim at ...

Could Earth Survive Near An Active Black Hole? Earth is too far from Sagittarius A*—the supermassive black hole at the center ...

If Earth was (hypothetically) crushed into a black hole, it would be under an inch across. Today, many black holes form following the collapse of massive objects like stars, notably after violent ...

For decades, scientists have believed there should be black holes that fall between two well-known types. On one end are ...

LOFAR detects a faint radio 'mini-halo' from 3.8 billion years ago, revealing how galaxy clusters evolved in the early ...

A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...

The US and China have reached a rare earth minerals agreement which could prevent a $34 billion black hole in the economy.

The black hole in question lies in the distant Seyfert galaxy PG1211+143, about 1.2 billion light years from Earth. Using the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton X-ray Observatory, the University of ...

Supermassive black holes usually lurk unseen, but when an unlucky star drifts too close they ignite titanic outbursts ...