Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to ...

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) can have billions of solar masses, and observational evidence suggests that all large ...

Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it ...

Astronomers have used a range of telescopes, including Hubble, to watch as particles dance around a neutron star collision ...

A recent study has proposed a new mechanism for the formation of primordial black holes that could provide answers about dark matter.

As we gaze into the universe, we've discovered most galaxies have a supermassive black hole lurking near the center.

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

The findings provide new perspectives on the origins of supermassive black holes from smaller "seeds." According to current ...

They have shown that in certain theories, the entire Universe can be trapped in a state of eternal inflation, inhospitable to life. In other cases, quantum fluctuations may trigger the formation of ...

A team of U.S. astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole that is consuming matter at a phenomenal rate—40x the ...

This illustration shows a red, early-universe dwarf galaxy that hosts a rapidly feeding black hole at its center. Using data ...

The research was led by Kishalay De, a postdoctoral scholar at MIT's Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space ... an inward collapse. The resulting supernova blast can outshine entire galaxies for ...