Scientists observe a supermassive black hole that has become active again after nearly 100 million years without any activity.

While investigating a mysterious radiation signal unlike any seen before, astronomers may have uncovered a rare pair of binary supermassive black holes with a truly monstrous appetite. New Hubble ...

For decades, astrophysicists have wrestled with a basic but brutal question: how did black holes in the early Universe grow ...

One of the most vivid portraits of "reborn" black hole activity—likened to the eruption of a "cosmic volcano" spreading ...

In an effort to bring together the domains of gravity and quantum theory, Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen proposed a ...

For decades, black holes have stood as the most enigmatic objects in the universe, defying our understanding of space, time, and matter. Yet, some physicists propose an even more mind-bending idea: ...

Binary black hole systems are turning out to produce some of the most important data in modern astronomy. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center A new study in the scientific journal Nuclear ...

Artist view of a black hole ringing down into a stable state. Credit: Yasmine Steele at University of Illinois–Urbana Champaign Artist view of a black hole ringing down into a stable state. Credit: ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

How did supermassive black holes get big so fast? Astrophysicist Souphie Koudmani tells us how she and her colleagues are finding out. A fresh analysis of decades-old X-ray black hole jet data has ...