As you can probably imagine by this point, falling into a black hole would be terrifying. "If you fell into a black hole, the gravitational pull would stretch you out in a process called ...

To measure the masses and spins of black holes, scientists want to follow clues left behind by light that takes a ...

YouTuber Zack D. Films has made an eerie black hole simulation video (YouTube/@zackdfilms) "A black hole is so dense that gravity just beneath its surface, the event horizon, is strong enough that ...

Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to ...

Astrophysicists have developed a method to detect light echoes from black holes, potentially revolutionizing the measurement ...

A team of astrophysicists, led by scholars from the Institute for Advanced Study, has developed an innovative technique to ...

Gas swirling around black holes forms disks that are among the most effective energy converters in the universe, emitting ...

In March 2021, astronomers observed a high-energy burst of light from a distant galaxy. Assigned the name AT 2021hdr, it was thought to be a supernova. However, there were enough interesting features ...

A third, tenuously held companion to the known binary V404 Cygni may signal that at least some black holes form "gently." ...

New research sheds light on how a pair of unusual black holes may have been able to keep their companion stars alive — and at a distance.

Black holes exert a tremendous influence on their surroundings ... To determine this, the researchers conducted a large-scale ...