Under the right circumstances, dust and gas falling into these galactic cores can form a disk of hot material around the ...

Peculiar James Webb Space Telescope observations seem to show gargantuan black holes in the earliest moments of the universe. New research may explain how they formed, thanks to primordial "seeds".

"The results we are obtaining are truly unexpected, and all point to a super Eddington-type growth mechanism for black holes.

Buried in the treasure trove of the Gaia catalog were two strange black hole systems. These were black holes orbiting ...

Space-time may not be continuous but instead made up of many discrete bits – and we may be able to see their effects near the ...

Black holes, often depicted as cosmic predators, have another fascinating role: they can launch some of the universe's most ...

If you’ve ever witnessed a solar eclipse, you might recall the Sun’s corona — its outermost atmosphere — a halo of glowing ...

Black holes are one of the most enigmatic stellar objects. While best known for swallowing up their surroundings into a gravity pit from which nothing can escape, they can also shoot off powerful jets ...

A team of U.S. astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole that is consuming matter at a phenomenal rate—40x the ...

New research uncovers how black holes inherit magnetic fields from collapsing neutron stars, explaining their powerful jets.

A black hole's destructive power unfolds as scientists discover a stellar collision in a galaxy’s core. A torn-apart star ...

NASA's Swift Observatory revealed twin 'monster' black holes devouring a gas cloud in a distant galaxy, creating recurring ...