Black holes have long been the ultimate cosmic enigma, defying conventional physics and pushing the boundaries of what we ...

Artist's impression of a supermassive black hole surrounded by gas and dust in four different wavelengths of light. Visible light (top right) and low-energy X-rays (bottom left) are blocked by the gas ...

By combining data from NASA’s IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists have uncovered more hidden supermassive black holes than earlier estimates suggested. Their findings indicate that over a third of ...

It's a regrettable reality that there is never time to cover all the interesting scientific stories each month. In the past, ...

Scientists discover low-mass microquasars can accelerate cosmic rays, reshaping theories on high-energy particle origins.

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

What exists at the core of a black hole? A research team led by Enrico Rinaldi, a physicist at the University of Michigan, ...

Space-time may hide a bizarre new kind of black hole that causes Einstein’s theory of gravity to fail – and could solve the ...

After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

Twin jets erupt from a supermassive black hole in Draco, offering new insights into black hole activity and evolution.

Known as Sgr A* – pronounced “Sagittarius A star” – the supermassive black hole is four million times the mass of the sun and is known to exhibit flares that can be observed in multiple wavelengths, ...

Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their own meals ...