New research suggests that primordial black holes created during the Big Bang could have played a major role in forming the ...

A beam of particles speeding away from a monstrous black hole is severely kinked, suggesting that the black hole is actually ...

In fact, only three factors can be used to define a black hole: its mass, its angular momentum and its electric charge. In ...

Astronomers believe they have spotted an elusive intermediate-mass black hole shredding a distant star, and they have ...

It seems obvious, then, that, cosmically speaking, everything spins—but this basic fact becomes downright bizarre in the head ...

"These are the first JWST observations of tidal disruption events, and they look nothing like what we’ve ever seen before." ...

These star-shredding black holes sit within dusty galaxies that block many telescopes’ views. That’s not an issue for JWST.

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever ...

Using a powerful mathematical tool, scientists have unveiled the intricate "ringing" of black holes, unlocking patterns missed for decades and laying the groundwork for sharper gravitational wave ...

The massive black hole has been dubbed GW231123. Its unusual size and behavior is challenging scientists' understanding of ...

An infinity symbol–shaped galaxy hosts an active supermassive black hole. The growing giant may have come from the aftermath of a galactic smashup.

The term for this gruesome process is actually " spaghettification ," according to NASA, inspired by Stephen Hawking's book, ...