Black holes are fascinating objects. They're unimaginably dense: If Earth was (hypothetically) crushed into a black hole, it ...

Black holes, with their event horizons trapping anything that enters, and accretion disks glowing from accumulated matter, ...

Despite their destructive forces, black holes are often seen in with a companion, such as a star, neutron star, white dwarf, or even another black hole. However, a study published Oct. 23 in ...

The ghosts of stars are up to their usual mischief. By Dennis Overbye Just in time for Halloween, two black holes are in the news. One is a serial killer, on the verge of devouring its second star ...

Using data from NASA’s JWST and Chandra X-ray Observatory, a team of U.S. National Science Foundation NOIRLab astronomers ...

Researchers have spotted a promising but puzzling candidate for one of the lightest black holes ever detected.

Astronomers have found what could be described as the universe's hungriest black hole – one that's breaking fundamental ...

The image shows the supermassive black hole that lies at the heart of our galaxy about 26,000 light-years away.

While peering into the galaxy using JWST's infrared vision, researchers discovered outflows of gas surrounding the hungry ...

Nov. 7, 2024 — Researchers have developed an innovative technique to search for black hole light echoes. Their novel method, which will make it easier for the mass and the spin of black holes to ...

Another star has now been discovered in a system of star and black hole that has been known for years. It is a novelty that raises another question. Almost by chance, a research team from the ...

Astronomers have discovered that shifts in the corona around black holes lead to dramatic flares of X-rays, observable through advanced telescopes. This phenomenon involves a process where the corona ...