When galaxies collide, it's not a gentle affair, but it does take millions of years. Over this time, the two massive star ...

Reionization is thought to have been driven by ultraviolet light produced by both early stars and active galactic nuclei ...

Astronomers have achieved the first radio image of a supermassive black hole pair, using the retired Russian RadioAstron ...

After decades of searching, astronomers have imaged two supermassive black holes in orbit around each other at the heart of ...

When two black holes meet, they are drawn to one another by way of their enormous gravity, initiating a powerful orbital ...

For the first time, astronomers have managed to capture a radio image showing two black holes orbiting each other. The ...

The data suggest that the black hole launched powerful outflows months after the star’s destruction, showing that black holes ...

Not only are they supermassive black holes, but they crate a unique "wagging tail" of super-charged particles.

Stars often fall into black holes, and now it seems the opposite can also occur, producing an extra long-lasting explosion as ...

Scientists have captured the first image of two black holes orbiting each other in the quasar OJ287, confirming a long-held ...

First-ever image of two black holes captured orbiting each other, confirming a decades-old theory using a powerful radio ...

Black holes are so strange that physicists have long wondered if they are quite what they seem. Now we are set to find out if ...