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

Astronomers have discovered extraordinarily powerful X-ray jets blasting from two supermassive black holes that are so ...

The quest to understand black holes has intrigued scientists and captivated the public imagination for decades. These ...

A neutron star's final moments may spark violent starquakes, monster shock waves, and even a fleeting, never-before-seen object called a black hole pulsar.

Astronomers at the University of Hawaii uncovered black hole events so packed with energy, they were the biggest explosions ...

The Event Horizon Telescope has captured an image of a ring of light around the Black Abyss, a black hole about 55 million light years away.

Using a neural network trained with simulations of supermassive black holes, astronomers have found that the one at the ...

“ENTs are different beasts,” study lead author and astronomer Jason Hinkle explained in an accompanying statement. “Not only are ENTs far brighter than normal tidal disruption events, but they remain ...

Everything in space—from Earth and the sun to black holes—accounts for just 15% of all matter in the universe. The rest of ...

Traditionally thought to go silent after a brief flare of activity, some black holes are now being observed emitting new ...

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

Black holes are invisible, yet they are among the brightest things in the universe. If a star wanders too close to a black ...