Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...

The bold question-askers at What If imagine the cosmic consequences of a collision between a black hole and a white hole.

A spinning disk and a smartphone are all that are needed for students to study vibrations analogous to those produced by the ...

Caltech simulations reveal what happens when black holes collide with neutron stars—violent cracking, intense shock waves, ...

In a recently published paper in Physical Review Letters, scientists propose a comprehensive theoretical framework indicating ...

Black holes, once purely theoretical, are now observable phenomena, offering insights into the universe. Their intense ...

Could Mysterious Black Hole Burps Rewrite Physics?

For decades, scientists have believed there should be black holes that fall between two well-known types. On one end are ...

A neutron star's final moments may spark violent starquakes, monster shock waves, and even a fleeting, never-before-seen object called a black hole pulsar.

A groundbreaking simulation reveals how neutron star mergers forge black holes, generate gamma-ray bursts, and scatter gold ...

Scientists say that the construction of a vast new radio telescope array in the Utah desert — known as the Deep Synoptic ...

A new census reveals that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden behind dust, disrupting major galactic models.