In a bold statement that challenges conventional wisdom, physicist Michio Kaku claims that the Big Bang Theory is incorrect ...

"Theories involving substantial formation of stars prior to or together with the black hole formation and growth are very ...

With the recent first light milestone for the Vera Rubin Observatory, it's only a matter of time before one of astronomy's ...

It might sound like the culmination of a Bond villain's latest evil scheme. But the world's first 'black hole bomb' has officially become a reality. This theoretical doomsday device uses a series ...

“QPEs are short-lived flaring events. And this is the first time we have observed such an event in a black hole that seems to be waking up,” said Hernández-García.

A black hole bomb – an idea first proposed in 1969 – has now been realised in the lab as a toy model made from a rotating cylinder and magnetic coils. Studying the bomb could help us better ...

Astronomers have confirmed a wandering black hole, about seven times the mass of the Sun, 5,000 light-years from Earth.

A "black hole triple" system has been discovered for the first time, scientists announced. Black holes have only been spotted on their own or in a binary until this discovery, with a single star ...

A lonely black hole roaming the cosmos in solitude has been confirmed for the first time. A closer look has revealed the dark object's identity, after much hubbub. The new analysis shows that the ...

This first-ever image of Sagittarius A*—the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way—was released to the public in 2022.

Many black holes detected to date appear to be part of a pair. These binary systems comprise a black hole and a secondary object—such as a star, a much denser neutron star, or another black hole ...

The unexpected discovery calls into question the assumption black holes are formed through supernovae, with accompanying disruption to nearby stars.