A "missing link" black hole in Omega Centauri is still missing. What appeared to be an intermediate-mass black hole was a ...

The known black holes that populate the universe fall into two types: those up to a few dozen times the mass of the sun and ...

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For half a century, astrophysicists have been trying to solve the Black Hole Information Paradox—first explained by Stephen ...

The first-ever photographed black hole emits an extraordinary gamma-ray flare, billions of times more energetic than visible ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has caught a napping monster black hole in the early universe. The cosmic giant is slumbering ...

New analysis techniques and decades-old research helped NASA scientists identify an unusual black hole in a distant galaxy.

Astronomers have identified a remarkable water reservoir in deep space, circling a huge quasar more than 12 billion ...

Recent discoveries about black holes, including intermediate types and plasma jets, transform our cosmic understanding.

Dec. 18, 2024 — Scientists have spotted a massive black hole in the early universe that is 'napping' after stuffing itself with too much food. Like a bear gorging itself on salmon before ...

Researchers discovered a surprising water-bound black hole with 140 trillion times the water of Earth’s oceans combined.

The team suggests that the black hole feeds for 5 to 10 million years and then sleeps for 100 million years. If this is a ...