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 ...

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

Predicted by Einstein and dismissed as undetectable, gravitational waves were finally heard in 2016. Now, with observatories ...

Earth’s closest black hole isn’t a black hole after all. Back in 2020, a mission led by the European Southern Observatory reported the discovery of a black hole close to Earth.

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

Astronomers confirm ‘lite intermediate’ black holes, too large for ordinary stars, revealing clues about early stellar origins.

A cloud of high-energy particles surrounding a distant galaxy cluster offers a rare glimpse into the forces shaping the early ...

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 ...