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

Astronomers have stumbled upon something truly remarkable: a black hole that's not just part of a binary system, but part of ...

New research reveals how supermassive black holes halt star formation, shedding light on galaxy evolution in the early ...

It has been a full year since we started the monster chopper and over the last month we completely striped it down and ...

Astronomers have used a range of telescopes, including Hubble, to watch as particles dance around a neutron star collision ...

Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it ...

The latest achievement was the team’s second since April 2019, when it released the first image of a black hole from the Messier 87 galaxy, which is about 55 million light years from Earth.

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Black holes don’t have many identifying features. They come in one colour (black) and one shape (spherical). The main difference between black holes is mass: some weigh about as much as a star like ...