Physicists at the University of Southampton achieved a milestone by successfully creating a "black hole bomb" in a laboratory setting. Led by Marion Cromb, the research team designed a harmless proof ...

It's easy to mistake the earth beneath our feet as being still and unchanging — but that couldn't be further from the truth. In this week's science news we've seen Earth's crust peeling away under the ...

Scientists reveal what would happen if a tiny primordial black hole passed through the human body. From shockwaves like ...

A visionary plan proposes sending a paperclip-sized spacecraft, powered by Earth-based lasers, to a nearby black hole within a century. Led by astrophysicist Cosimo Bambi, the mission would test the ...

A radical hypothesis suggesting black holes could be behind the accelerating expansion of our universe has been stirring up controversy among astronomers. A new study may contain the first tantalizing ...

Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to new physics, a study suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

It sounds like science fiction: a spacecraft, no heavier than a paperclip, propelled by a laser beam and hurtling through space at the speed of light toward a black hole, on a mission to probe the ...

A mysterious ring of light is thought to surround every black hole, and Alex Lupsasca wants to glimpse one for the first time. The tendril-thin halo, called a photon ring, has the power to reveal ...

On Sept. 14, 2015, physicists attained the long-sought goal of detecting gravitational waves, the shockwaves spewed out by such cataclysmic events as the violent merger of two black holes. Now, in the ...