When black holes collide, the impact radiates into space like the sound of a bell in the form of gravitational waves. But ...

For decades, black holes have stood as the most enigmatic objects in the universe, defying our understanding of space, time, ...

Black holes have long captured the imagination of both scientists and the general public. These exotic objects—once thought ...

New observations reveal that the relationship between ultraviolet and X-ray light in quasars has changed over billions of ...

In any other year, the supermassive black hole mentioned above would probably scoop the award for most striking outburst, but not in 2025. This year, that accolade goes to a flare designated ...

Leading X-ray space telescopes XMM-Newton and XRISM have spotted a never-seen-before blast from a supermassive black hole. In ...

APM 08279-5255 is a massive black hole (quasar) that contains about 140 trillion times the amount in all of Earth’s oceans ...

Astronomers have confirmed the first known triple system in which all three galaxies host actively feeding, radio-bright ...

A new image of M87 shows and confirms for the first time the feeding ring and jet of its supermassive black hole.

A supermassive black hole that’s 10 million times the mass of the Sun is hurtling through space, leaving a trail of gas ...

Astronomers have decoded the hidden past of a distant red giant star by listening to tiny vibrations in its light, revealing ...

Cutting-edge supercomputer simulations reveal intricate processes around black holes, improving our understanding of ...