The earliest black holes in the universe may not have disappeared from Hawking radiation after all, new research hints.

Scientists have named two systems of colliding supermassive black holes after Lord of the Rings locations, Gondor and Rohan.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was designed to look back in time and study galaxies that existed shortly after the Big ...

Supermassive black holes rarely travel alone. Most large galaxies hide one at the center, and when galaxies collide, the two ...

In my January 23, 2026, “The Universe” column, I wrote about some of the biggest bangs the universe has to offer: exploding stars, hiccupping magnetars, stellar disruptions and colliding black holes.

A massive star 2.5 million light-years away simply vanished — and astronomers now know why. Instead of exploding in a supernova, it quietly collapsed into a black hole, shedding its outer layers in a ...

Hypothetical dark matter stars known as "boson stars" could leave telltale ripples across the cosmos, offering researchers a new way to probe the invisible forces shaping the universe. In 2019, a ...

Recent observations suggest that 'runaway' black holes are tumbling through the cosmos. Building on decades of theory, the discovery adds a remarkable new chapter to the story of the universe.

One of the brightest stars in the Andromeda galaxy has disappeared without the explosion astronomers expected. Instead, they ...

A scientist has revealed the terrifying - and surprising - reality of what you might see and feel if you fell into a black hole ...

New research reveals how quiet galactic engines can help shape entire galaxies.

Some evidence of supermassive black holes influencing the gas around them has previously been seen in X-ray images. However, ...