Black holes have been that elusive, mystifying entity lurking deep in space, fascinating our every waking thought. The scientists would go on speculating about its existence for decades, but it wasn’t ...

A radio image of two black holes orbiting each other in Quasar OJ287. The light comes from the glowing gas surrounding the black holes and the particle jets being emitted. Valtonen, Mauri et al., The ...

If a pair of black holes coalesce into one, much of that vast energy can be released in a few seconds.

Webb telescope data confirm a supermassive black hole fleeing its galaxy, carving a 200,000 light-year wake of new stars.

For a few brief nights each year, you get a rare chance to watch a monster blink. The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration ...

Observations by a system of radio telescopes have offered the first visual evidence for the existence of black hole pairs. But vital follow-up observations are needed before we know for sure. When you ...

Astronomers have recently achieved a landmark feat: For the first time, they have captured an image of two black holes locked in orbit around each other . The discovery, led by Mauri Valtonen of the ...

In a major leap forward, scientists, using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), have captured the sharpest images yet of distant galactic centers. Using light at a frequency of 345 GHz, they’ve peered ...

Some things in cosmology may simply be unknowable. Why is there something rather than nothing? What lies outside the universe? What is inside a black hole? That last one has been niggling at ...

For decades, scientists have suspected that some quasars, which are regarded as some of the brightest objects in the universe, might actually conceal not one but two black holes locked in a ...

Albert Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity, may not be the best recipe to describe black holes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...