Past research about black hole births rarely included magnetic fields or the spins of the precursor stars. But considering ...

The black hole was bigger than expected, and while the answer was hiding in plain sight, it still rewrites what we thought ...

At the center of a galaxy 10 billion light-years away, a supermassive black hole is the new record holder for brightest flare ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In late October 2025, as much as US$2 billion vanished from a digital marketplace. This wasn’t a hack or a bubble bursting. It happened because one company, Valve, changed the rules ...

Falling into a black hole means facing extreme stretching, known as spaghettification, due to immense tidal forces. While ...

Sharper views of black holes are turning what once looked like a fuzzy cosmic icon into a precision tool for testing gravity ...

Black holes remain invisible, so researchers focus on the light that orbits, falls in, or escapes at the last possible moment ...

The flare is ongoing, meaning that the black hole is still actively consuming the star, like "a fish only halfway down the ...

Active galactic nucleus (AGN) black hole 10 billion light-years away, J2245+3743, made the biggest and brightest flare ever ...

A mysterious ring of light is thought to surround every black hole, and Alex Lupsasca wants to glimpse one for the first time. The tendril-thin halo, called a photon ring, has the power to reveal ...

LHAASO has uncovered that micro-quasars, black holes feeding on companion stars, are powerful PeV particle accelerators.

Images of black holes are more than just fascinating visuals: they could serve as a “testing ground” for alternative theories of gravity in the future. An international team led by Prof. L ...