Black hole light echoes are an extreme form of gravitational lensing. To measure the masses and spins of black holes, ...

As we gaze into the universe, we've discovered most galaxies have a supermassive black hole lurking near the center.

Massive stars about eight times more massive than the sun explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The explosions, ...

Black holes exert a tremendous influence on their surroundings, meaning that when they spin, they literally drag the very fabric of space and time around with them. That means nothing can sit still ...

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) can have billions of solar masses, and observational evidence suggests that all large ...

The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.

The DESI survey reveals that active black holes in small galaxies are common. The findings may help reveal how the two cosmic bodies evolve together.

A recent study has proposed a new mechanism for the formation of primordial black holes that could provide answers about dark matter.

An artist's conception of the distant black hole LID-568. Credit: NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. da Silva / M. Zamani The powerful James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a phenomenon once thought ...

Nijmegen master's students predict that LISA, an upcoming space antenna project by the ESA, will detect stronger ...

Astronomers have stumbled upon something truly remarkable: a black hole that's not just part of a binary system, but part of ...

The conventional wisdom among astronomers is that black holes - those exceptionally dense objects with gravity so powerful ...