A scientist from Tokyo Metropolitan University has solved the longstanding problem of a "dissonance" in gravitational waves ...

The last decade has brought a new way to explore the universe. Gravitational wave astronomy, made possible by observatories ...

Physicists have built the first ever black hole bomb, a long-theorised phenomenon where energy is boosted by a black hole and trapped by surrounding mirrors until an explosion occurs. Thankfully ...

The latest discovery marks the first-ever "compelling clue" that a black hole may be present in the enigmatic galaxy, ...

Quasars are distant galaxies ... X-Ray Flashes from a Nearby Supermassive Black Hole Accelerate Mysteriously Jan. 13, 2025 — Astronomers observed flashes of X-rays coming from a supermassive ...

"We want to understand how these galaxies are forming stars, how many stars they’re forming, and especially how the black holes at their centers are growing." Astronomers have used the James ...

Scientists have created an optical device capable of mimicking black holes and the still hypothetical white holes. This ...

A lonely black hole roaming the cosmos in solitude has been confirmed for the first time. A closer look has revealed the dark ...

Unlike a planet or star, black holes don't have surfaces. Instead, they have a boundary called an "event horizon," or a point of no return. If anything swoops too close, it will fall in ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered "smoking gun" evidence of a hidden feeding supermassive ...