Astronomers have observed a star wobbling in its orbit around a ravenous supermassive black hole that is ripping it apart and ...

When two black holes slam together, they do not simply vanish into darkness, they ring like struck bells and briefly light up ...

The X‑arithmetic technique offers a powerful new way to map the physics of other galactic structures across the universe and ...

Most smaller galaxies may not have supermassive black holes in their centers, according to a recent study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This contrasts with the common idea that nearly every ...

The cosmos has served up a gift for a group of scientists who have been searching for one of the most elusive phenomena in ...

The moving documentary-visual album shows how a formerly incarcerated musician used rap to find healing during the darkest ...

NASA has visualized the cataclysm, which is thought to have caused a mysterious eruption of gamma rays captured by telescopes ...

Using cutting-edge algorithms and exascale supercomputers, researchers have created the most realistic simulations yet of matter flowing into black holes. Building on decades of research, a group of c ...