Ancient quasars seen by the James Webb Space Telescope technically shouldn’t exist, but one rare type of dark matter could ...
Many of those questions surround black holes. These things are a relatively recent discovery, and every day, we learn more ...
By observing tiny ripples in spacetime called "gravitational waves" that propagate away from colliding black holes, ...
The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...
New details have been discovered about M87*, the first black hole ever photographed, revealing its plasma, its brightness and ...
This black hole merger animation was created using data collected by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors, an observation designated GW190412. Credits: © N. Fischer, H. Pfeiffer, A.
Black holes might all have hearts of pure darkness, but many cloak themselves in rings of fire that blaze like little else in ...
Black holes can actively regulate the material they consume, using powerful jets of gas blasted into space, according to a ...
Astronomers have discovered a gigantic black hole named Gaia BH3 hiding close to the earth, the third of its kind. All three were discovered by the European Space Agency’s Gaia telescope ...
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Researchers said on Thursday that they had discovered twin-lobed radio jets they suspect were formed when the universe was ...
Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...