Astronomers are unraveling the mystery behind Ansky, a black hole system emitting powerful, repeating X-ray bursts called ...

Astronomers using NASA’s IXPE satellite have finally cracked a cosmic mystery—how X-rays are produced in the energetic jets ...

The experiment may reveal how black holes energize nearby particles and help test theories about exotic fields, including ...

In a bold step toward solving one of science’s most puzzling problems, researchers have proposed a new way to bring gravity ...

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 ...

A regular black hole would have the light ring and the outer horizon, but also an inner horizon, which would enclose a core ...

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 ...