In May 2019, astronomers picked up something strange in the fabric of spacetime. The LIGO and Virgo detectors recorded a ...

Most supermassive black holes lurk in the nuclei of galaxies, surrounded by stars and glowing with haloes of superhot matter, ...

A provocative new theory suggests that the Universe may not have begun with a traditional Big Bang, but rather as a “Big Bounce” — the explosive rebound of matter collapsing into a black hole. Led by ...

Scientists in the United States have discovered the biggest-known merger of two black holes using gravitational wave ...

A newly observed black hole collision has provided scientists with the clearest view yet of one of the universe’s most ...

A black hole is a celestial body with an extremely powerful gravitational force, so strong that even light cannot escape it.

Gravitational wave signals from the largest cosmic collision ever seen may alter our understanding of black holes, gravity, and the universe.

Scientists from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory have uncovered the process of gas accretion in star formation, shedding light on how gas flows towards a forming star's disk.

Researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed for the first ...

A collaborative team has revealed new observational evidence that sheds light on the mystery of massive star formation. Researchers from Yunnan University, the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the ...