"Black holes are the ultimate cosmic fossils," Jani said. "The masses of black holes reported in this new analysis have remained highly speculative in astronomy. This new population of black holes ...

A newly analyzed radio image reveals twin lobes stretching roughly 66,000 light-years on each side of a quasar called ...

In the world of black holes, there are generally three size categories: stellar-mass black holes (about five to 50 times the ...

For decades, scientists have known black holes often come in pairs. These binary systems feature a black hole locked in a ...

The Hubble Space Telescope revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos, capturing breathtaking images and uncovering the secrets of distant galaxies, black holes, and the early universe. This video ...

The brutal star-destroying tidal disruption event is only the second ever seen in interacting galaxies.

A dazzling cosmic swirl, NGC 3507 shines alone in this Hubble image, though it secretly belongs to a dynamic galactic duo.

By combining data from the Subaru Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have discovered distant quasars that ...

By combining data from the Subaru Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have discovered distant quasars that ...

A team of international scientists has uncovered a surprising cosmic mystery, thanks to a galaxy nicknamed the Squid Galaxy ...

Black holes are infamous for being invisible. But thanks to a new technique from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) team, ...

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb discusses the hypothetical use of highly energetic events as a way to produce "gravitational-wave ...