Could a black hole pass through our solar system at high speed? This possibility, once confined to science fiction, is becoming increasingly tangible thanks to recent observations. This theory ...

Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of ...

An international team from China and Italy has reported a possible cosmic encore to the landmark 2017 multi-messenger ...

Small black holes with the mass of a pyramid may exist within the solar system, and they could be exploding every decade, according to a new study by physicists at the University of Massachusetts ...

In 2020, astronomers discovered a violent cosmic event that has led them to rethink how extreme pairs of astronomical objects form. These pairs are capable of producing powerful cosmic collisions.

Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is home to multiple wonders. There is our biggest star, VY Canis Majoris, the column-like structures known as the Pillars of Creation, and, in the middle of it all, a ...

An interstellar probe sent to a black hole could complete its journey and send data back to Earth in less than a century – if we can find a black hole close enough. Cosimo Bambi at Fudan University in ...

New fear unlocked: spontaneous black hole implosion. Fresh research predicts that planets may be able to accumulate enough dark matter to suddenly form a black hole at their core. As the intruder ...

Astronomers have found over 5,000 exoplanets, and now scientists think these distant worlds could unlock one of the universe’s greatest mysteries: dark matter. A new study suggests that Jupiter-like ...

A NASA animation has sized the biggest black holes known to scientists, including one that has the mass of 66 billion Suns.

The Santa Monica College Planetarium will present live-hosted shows on Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons in January and February featuring tours of the solar system and explorations of black holes ...