How often do black holes explode? New research refines old calculations, hinting that black hole explosions may be a ...

"This tells us that the magnetized plasma swirling near the event horizon is far from static; it's dynamic and complex, ...

Mathematical quirks of our universe have led some cosmologists to wonder whether the cosmos was actually born in a black hole ...

Most supermassive black holes lurk in the nuclei of galaxies, surrounded by stars and glowing with haloes of superhot matter, ...

A decade ago, the first gravitational waves confirmed that black holes collide. Telescopes soon revealed shadows of giants ...

Ten years ago, astronomers made history when they first detected ripples in spacetime, called gravitational waves, from the ...

Ten years after the first gravitational wave detection, a new suite of instruments has captured distinctive ringing signals ...

The merger of two black holes is a momentous event, revealing the wildest and most extreme configurations of space, time and ...

For scientists, learning more about how black holes behave is essential to understanding how the universe works. A recent ...

Researchers have spent 10 years improving the massive detectors they use to catch shockwaves from colliding black holes, and ...