Gigantic black holes lurk at the center of virtually every galaxy, including ours, but we've lacked a precise picture of what ...

But now a new study published in Nature suggests a solution to the Little Red Dots mystery. Scientists think young ...

Recent James Webb Space Telescope data confirms a decade-old theory that the universe's earliest supermassive black holes ...

For the first time, NASA Chandra X-ray telescope has been used to discover a pair of black holes in dwarf galaxies that are ...

In 2023, a subatomic particle called a neutrino crashed into Earth with such a high amount of energy that it should have been ...

Black holes are powerful space objects that can pull in nearby stars. But how does this really happen? In this kid-friendly science explainer, learn how black holes stretch, heat and slowly “eat” ...

A new study has connected the famous m87 black hole, the first ever imaged, to its powerful cosmic jet, revealing how it ...

For a long time, black holes were seen as mathematical curiosities lacking solid observational proof. This viewpoint changed ...

Time moves differently in space. Near black holes, gravity slows clocks and stretches seconds. This explainer reveals how time bends and affects astronauts and Earth.

As gas falls toward a black hole, it heats up and shines. If the glow becomes intense enough, it can push incoming gas away. Astronomers call this balancing point the Eddington limit, and for decades ...

As a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, Leah investigates how supermassive black holes and their powerful plasma jets influence the ...

Last year, astronomers were fascinated by a runaway asteroid passing through our Solar System from somewhere far beyond. It ...