Astronomers spotted the largest flare ever released from a supermassive black hole as it snacked on a giant star.

In October 2024 the network detected a clear signal that pointed back to a merger that occurred 700 million light-years away. The progenitor black holes were 20 and 6 solar masses and the larger ...

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Researchers detect the clearest black hole signal to date, enabling tests of Hawking's area theorem and advancing ...

A Skelmorlie artist has presented two new paintings to the University of Glasgow to celebrate the part the institution has ...

Pairs of black holes have been detected in the past through their gravitational effects, but until now, scientists have never ...

Scientists have recently made a groundbreaking discovery, detecting gravitational waves from the formation of two newborn ...

Twin black hole collisions detected in 2024 have provided the sharpest-ever test of Einstein’s theory while revealing new details about how black holes form and spin.