In a cosmic first, astronomers observed a supermassive black hole consuming a star. This happened outside the core of its ...

Astronomers have caught a black hole far from the center of its home galaxy ripping a star to shreds — providing, for the ...

This week, physicists at CERN reported the transmutation of lead into gold in the Large Hadron Collider, raising the ...

A star in a faraway galaxy is sending itself into a spiral of doom, repeatedly plunging through a disk of hot gas surrounding ...

Dive into a visual journey that showcases the latest and most breathtaking black hole imagery captured by Hubble.

An experimental setup mimics a “black hole bomb” first theorized in 1971. The spinning cylinder with circuitry is true to the ...

New research challenges the long-accepted notion of singularities in black holes — the point where physics allegedly breaks ...

Ever since general relativity pointed to the existence of black holes, the scientific community has been wary of one peculiar ...

Physicists have created a model of a black hole bomb in the lab for the first time, verifying a theory first proposed more ...

Black holes are known for their voracious appetites, consuming everything — even light — that falls inside them with no hope ...

For over a century, black holes have fascinated scientists with their mysterious nature. According to Einstein’s theory of ...

Astronomers gain a greater understanding of black hole singularity. Experimental evidence for a finite core could illuminate ...