Using the Japanese-led X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), astronomers have taken a deep look into a fascinating ...

Scientists have recently found a black hole with a mass 33 times that of our Sun, and it's surprisingly close to ...

Black holes are dark, matter-devouring balls of gravity. Most of them are so far away that we don't need to worry about them. But not this one. Meet Gaia BH1. This ...

Under the right circumstances, dust and gas falling into these galactic cores can form a disk of hot material around the ...

Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it ...

The black hole’s mass is over half that of all the stars in the surrounding galaxy, a record for any galaxy hosting a quasar.

If you were lucky enough to observe a total eclipse, you are certain to remember the halo of brilliant light around the Moon ...

Stellar-mass black holes typically form after a star goes supernova and collapses. However, the discovery of the first-ever triple black hole system, V404 Cygni, complicates that picture. This black ...

NASA's Swift Observatory revealed twin 'monster' black holes devouring a gas cloud in a distant galaxy, creating recurring ...

Astrophysicists have developed a method to detect light echoes from black holes, potentially revolutionizing the measurement ...

Scientists have long hypothesized the existence of small primordial black holes (PBHs), believed to ... support hollow structures up to 1/10 of Earth's radius. Although detecting PBHs may be ...

SEE ALSO: Scientists found a colossal black hole near the dawn of time In a composite ... about 12 million light-years from Earth, in X-rays. For reference, one light-year is nearly 6 trillion ...