Surprisingly, some of the universe's brightest objects are black holes. As scorching gas and dust flow around and into a ...

In 2019, researchers detected gravitational waves that indicated that two black holes were merging. These were two fairly ...

A new study by researchers at the University of Amsterdam shows how gravitational waves from black holes can be used to ...

How confusing inevitability with reality built decades of paradox. What if general relativity never actually tells us that ...

Astronomers capture the twinkle of a distant quasar, RX J1131, and reveal the secret size of a black hole's fiery corona.

Supersonic shock waves are cone-shaped disturbances that result from an object moving faster than the speed of sound. If you ...

Ramanujan's pi-computing machinery exactly mirrors the necessary structure in modern physical theories (LCFTs).

Dusty stars close to the Milky Way’s black hole stay stable for years. New infrared data shows they survive gravity and ...

Two clashing ideas about disorder inside black holes now point to the same strange conclusions, and it could reshape the ...