Some stars streaking through the Milky Way at millions of kilometers per hour probably trace back to a supermassive black ...

Discover interesting facts about what black holes are, how they form and what would happen if you fell into one.

Supermassive black holes shoot energy in bullet-like bursts rather than steady winds, affecting galaxy formation.

NTNU researchers may have found the answer to one of the big, unanswered questions in physics. The universe is full of ...

Dozens of 'wandering' black holes could be tumbling through our galaxy right now, new simulations hint. Their existence could ...

Dozens of 'wandering' black holes could be tumbling through our galaxy right now, new simulations hint. Their existence could ...

Astronomers watched as a galaxy with the forgettable name SDSS1335+0728 suddenly sprang to life when its massive black hole ...

Astronomical amounts of energy could be extracted from black holes—to build a gigantic bomb, for example. Experts have now ...

Inside Silke Weinfurtner's black hole laboratory, a giant water tank is helping physicists better understand the complexity ...

Some are active, feeding on massive amounts of surrounding matter—sometimes as much as several suns per year. While most of ...