"The results we are obtaining are truly unexpected, and all point to a super Eddington-type growth mechanism for black holes.

Buried in the treasure trove of the Gaia catalog were two strange black hole systems. These were black holes orbiting ...

The researchers found that the emitted dark matter would ring space-time like a bell around the black hole. It would not be ...

Space-time may not be continuous but instead made up of many discrete bits – and we may be able to see their effects near the ...

Black holes don't have many identifying features. They come in one color (black) and one shape (spherical). The main ...

Black holes, often depicted as cosmic predators, have another fascinating role: they can launch some of the universe's most ...

Black holes are one of the most enigmatic stellar objects. While best known for swallowing up their surroundings into a ...

Black holes in a pair of merging galaxies, known as UGC4211, are devouring gas and dust that is "being displaced by the ...

NASA's Swift Observatory revealed twin 'monster' black holes devouring a gas cloud in a distant galaxy, creating recurring ...

Earlier this month, a team of US National Science Foundation NOIRLab astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole, called ...

New research uncovers how black holes inherit magnetic fields from collapsing neutron stars, explaining their powerful jets.

Almost any event in space-time generates gravitational waves. However, only big events such as black hole mergers produce ...