The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...

Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

Scientists have discovered that some supermassive black holes rotate much more rapidly than expected. The discovery came as ...

Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal monster black holes in the early universe that seem to have grown too ...

Supermassive black holes are often regarded as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful ...

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...

Researchers have observed strange goings-on around a supermassive black hole located nearly 300 million light years away.

New details have been discovered about M87*, the first black hole ever photographed, revealing its plasma, its brightness and ...

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Black holes might all have hearts of pure darkness, but many cloak themselves in rings of fire that blaze like little else in ...

Supermassive black holes can fuel their own growth by cooling and recycling gas, creating a continuous cycle of feeding and ...

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile have discovered "signs of a ‘hot spot’ ...