The black hole information paradox has puzzled physicists for decades. New research shows how quantum connections in ...

String theory remains our best candidate for a theory of everything, but where can it be tested? By studying black holes, ...

The sideways black hole was discovered in the galaxy NGC 5084, a lenticular (lens-shaped) galaxy located around 80 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Virgo. The black hole rotates ...

Dec. 18, 2024 — Scientists have spotted a massive black hole in the early universe that is 'napping' after stuffing itself with too much food. Like a bear gorging itself on salmon before ...

A study in Nature finds that black holes in the early Universe go through short periods of ultra-fast growth, followed by long periods of dormancy. (Credit: Jiarong Gu) Right now, a giant black hole ...

An artist's impression of a black hole in the early universe. Illustration: Jiarong Gu Gas: It’s what’s for dinner. At least that was the case for a black hole in the early universe ...

The jet emerging from M87’s supermassive black hole is tens of millions of times larger than its event horizon. In 2019, the ...

NASA researchers combined years of data and new imaging techniques to learn more about a "tipped over" black hole that is moving in an unexpected way. The black hole is located in a galaxy called ...

While investigating a mysterious radiation signal unlike any seen before, astronomers may have uncovered a rare pair of binary supermassive black holes with a truly monstrous appetite. When you ...

The discovery could lead to the finding of more planets. Astrophysicists are marveling at the latest celestial discovery made near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole. Scientists have ...

For the first time, researchers have spotted a binary star — a system of two stars that orbit each other — near the Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Binary ...