The blazar BL Lacertae, a supermassive black hole surrounded by a bright disk and jets oriented toward Earth, provided ...

For the first time, astronomers have probed the physical environment of repeating X-ray outbursts near monster black holes ...

Ever since general relativity pointed to the existence of black holes, the scientific community has been wary of one peculiar ...

Physicists are trying to ditch the concept of space-time – the supposed fabric of physical reality. Quantum columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan explains why ...

An experimental setup mimics a “black hole bomb” first theorized in 1971. The spinning cylinder with circuitry is true to the ...

The vastness of the cosmos hides more than distant stars—it conceals the very forces that shape reality. Astronomers have ...

NGC 4945, a beautiful spiral galaxy over 12 million light-years away, hides a ferocious secret: a ravenous black hole at its ...

Black holes are known for their voracious appetites, consuming everything — even light — that falls inside them with no hope ...

Physicists say they've built the first-ever "black hole bomb," a concept that dates back to the late 1960s. As New Scientist ...

Combined with the lack of detected light from the lens at late HST epochs, the BH nature of the lens is conclusively verified ...