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

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

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

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

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

As you can probably imagine by this point, falling into a black hole would be terrifying. "If you fell into a black hole, the gravitational pull would stretch you out in a process called ...

A fresh analysis of decades-old X-ray black hole jet data has revealed bright, lumpy features with mysterious speed changes.

Stare deeply at these galaxies. They appear as if blood is pumping through the top of a flesh-free face. The long, ghastly ...

Astronomers have found a black hole in the Cygnus constellation formed without a supernova. This unique system includes a black hole and two stars. The black hole, feeding off a nearby red giant ...

WASHINGTON: The conventional wisdom among astronomers is that black holes - those exceptionally dense objects with gravity so powerful that not even light can escape - form in the violent ...

A trio of Japanese astronomers has challenged the accuracy of the first-ever image showing the supermassive black hole that lies at the heart of our galaxy. If confirmed, the findings of the ...