Traditional black holes, as predicted by Albert Einstein’s theory of General Relativity, contain what are known as ...

Ancient quasars seen by the James Webb Space Telescope technically shouldn’t exist, but one rare type of dark matter could ...

Traditional black holes, as predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity, contain what are known as ...

This black hole merger animation was created using data collected by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors, an observation designated GW190412. Credits: © N. Fischer, H. Pfeiffer, A.

A decade ago, physicists using twin detectors in Washington State and Louisiana detected gravitational waves—subtle ripples ...

LISA is set to revolutionize our understanding of the gravitational universe and the interactions that make the entire cosmos ...

The white monster might show up anywhere in the cosmos, so we'll have to wait 100 quatrillion years. White holes, reversed black holes in nature.

Jets from black holes trigger cooling in the hot gas, causing it to condense into warm filaments. These filaments then flow toward the black hole, feeding it, and the cycle repeats. Brightness ...

“This looked absolutely nothing like a normal black hole.” Astronomers are not sure why that might be happening. The most likely explanation is that there is a spinning white dwarf slowly ...

This artist’s impression shows a supermassive black hole surrounded by a dust torus. Depending on the view, black holes are classified as "type 1" or "type 2" sources based on visibility. NGC 5548 ...

The typical morphology of supermassive black holes. This artist’s impression depicts one surrounded by an accretion disc. Credit: ESO, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser/N. Bartmann. There’s a Universe ...

As far as supermassive black holes go, the one at the center of the Milky Way is relatively ... On 6 April 2024, the black hole let out a flare observed in mid-infrared wavelengths, followed by a ...