The record-setting cosmic outburst was actually a gamma-ray burst, the most powerful class of cosmic explosions.

Astronomers capture the twinkle of a distant quasar, RX J1131, and reveal the secret size of a black hole's fiery corona.

Approaching a black hole unleashes extreme tidal forces, stretching and tearing apart matter, including planets like Earth, a ...

Despite their destructive forces, black holes are often seen in with a companion, such as a star, neutron star, white dwarf, or even another black hole. However, a study published Oct. 23 in Nature ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: SXS (Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes) Project Black hole mergers are beautiful — and some ...

"Primordial black holes do not live in the solar system. Rather, they’re streaming through the universe, doing their own thing. And the probability is, they’re going through the inner solar system at ...

Researchers at MIT suggest that the microscopic “primordial black holes” could be blasting through our solar system — at a rate of at least once every decade. These tiny black holes could be extremely ...

Although falling into a massive black hole seems like a scenario far from our everyday life, physicists warn of the existence ...

For astronomers, finding a new black hole orbiting an aged red dwarf star is an exciting find in itself, but when that black hole seems to be a "missing link" stellar-mass black hole, you can crank ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Dark matter has eluded us for many decades but we may be able to discover more now. Dark matter has eluded us for many decades. Even our most advanced particle colliders and sophisticated underground ...

Astronomers have accidentally discovered the first-known " black hole triple" system, containing a dark void orbited by two stars. The unique configuration of this triad hints that the black hole was ...