This massive black hole, located in a nearby galaxy about 1,500 light-years away, is the closest one we’ve ever discovered. What's really cool is that it’s a “dormant” black hole, which means it's not ...
The European Space Agency’s Gaia emission has revealed two unexpected black holes orbiting stars like our own Sun. One minor problem: we’re not exactly sure how black holes like this should form.
Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to new physics, a study suggests. Primordial black holes (PBHs), which are ...
Black holes are the universe’s shadowy figures, with many millions of them roaming unseen in our galaxy alone. These cosmic heavyweights famously destroy anything that wanders too close ...