The largest black hole collision ever recorded has scientists' jaws on the floor — and scratching their heads.

As NASA reports, two astronomers working with raw Webb data the space agency periodically makes available to researchers, ...

Astronomers have detected the most massive black hole merger ever observed, challenging stellar evolution and black hole formation theories.

An international team of physicists discovered the largest-ever merger of 2 black holes through a phenomenon known as gravitational waves.

"It was something I’ve never seen before and I’ve looked at tens of thousands of images of galaxies over my career," he said.

Our understanding of black holes, time and the mysterious dark energy that dominates the universe could be revolutionized, as new University of Sheffield research helps unravel the mysteries of the ...

UHZ1's black hole weighs about 40 million solar masses. ... If they cool off too quickly, then instead of collapsing as a monolithic entity, they fragment into many smaller pockets, ...

Astronomers at the University of Hawaii uncovered black hole events so packed with energy, they were the biggest explosions seen since the Big Bang.

The satellites the world relies on for navigation, communication and more get their bearings from distant black holes – but ...

Black holes like this one may gorge for about five to 10 million years–then go dormant for 100 million. By Laura Baisas Published Dec 18, 2024 11:00 AM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

An artist's concept of a star's remnants forming a disk around a black hole. Illustration: NASA, ESA, STScI, Ralf Crawford (STScI) Astronomers have spotted an apparent supermassive black hole ...