Black hole light echoes are an extreme form of gravitational lensing. To measure the masses and spins of black holes, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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.

But the Webb may have just identified a solution to the dilemma as well. It has spotted a black hole that appears to have ...