Dark matter, an unseen yet influential component of the cosmos, continues to challenge physicists nearly a century after its effects were first noticed. Its gravitational influence, vital for ...

This unusual discovery sheds light on the mysterious life cycles of black holes, challenging our understanding of their ...

Supermassive black holes, predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity ... to life soon after the universe formed with the big bang, some 13.7 billion years ago, and then quickly evaporated.

New research suggests that as more black holes were born in "little Big Bang reverse replays" in the ... "This coupling ...

The new Webb observations involve a supermassive black hole called LID-568 that existed when the cosmos was about 11% its current age - about 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang event 13.8 ...

shortly after the Big Bang, the universe was relatively small, allowing for these powerful, black hole-forming waves to exist. But by applying current understandings of quantum field theory to ...

These minuscule black holes created during the Big Bang have thus far remained hypothetical by evading detection. Now, two University at Buffalo scientists are urging researchers to expand their ...

The big bang theory only describes what happened after ... String theory could also help reveal the nature of black holes, which, while predicted by general relativity, have never been fully ...

A map of the universe in gravitational waves could reveal "hidden" black holes, supermassive black hole collisions, and the ...

The researchers note that even if a primordial black hole were to pass through Earth, it would pose no danger to humans.