Event Horizon Telescope data reveal the magnetic field around M87* shifted, weakened and then flipped, defying theoretical expectations.

Deep in the distant universe, astronomers have discovered a black hole that seems to defy the conventional growth rate of ...

A cosmic spectacle predicted by Stephen Hawking may be on the horizon as scientists warn of a black hole poised to explode.

The black hole appears to be growing at about 2.4 times the Eddington limit, which means it is consuming the equivalent of 300 to 3,000 Suns’ worth of material every year. This is the fastest rate ...

LIGO observatory near Richland confirmed Einstein’s theory of relativity, it also has proven one of Hawking’s theorems.

Astronomers are pulling back the curtain on two of the universe’s biggest mysteries: how planets are born and how invisible ...

Using the wide-field survey capabilities of the Subaru Telescope, astronomers discovered active supermassive black holes, or ...

How often do black holes explode? New research refines old calculations, hinting that black hole explosions may be a ...

Webb telescope found 12 black holes from 12.9B years ago, suggesting supermassive black holes shaped the growth of the ...

For decades, physicists believed black hole explosions were rare cosmic events, happening maybe once every 100,000 years. But ...

Astronomers confirmed an off-center black hole in a dwarf galaxy. It offers clues to how supermassive black holes may form.

Astronomers at Penn State have nicknamed the objects “universe breakers,” which may be unusual black hole atmospheres and ...