To measure the masses and spins of black holes, scientists want to follow clues left behind by light that takes a ...

A team of astronomers discovered an old black hole that eats up matter at a rate 40 times faster than the Eddington limit.

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

A team of astrophysicists, led by scholars from the Institute for Advanced Study, has developed an innovative technique to ...

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

Black holes are fascinating objects. They're unimaginably dense: If Earth was (hypothetically) crushed into a black hole, it ...

The black hole's voracious appetite, which has allowed it to pile on more than seven million solar masses in just 12 million ...

Gas swirling around black holes forms disks that are among the most effective energy converters in the universe, emitting ...

Astrophysicists have developed a method to detect light echoes from black holes, potentially revolutionizing the measurement ...