Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) can have billions of solar masses, and observational evidence suggests that all large ...

Scientists using observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from ...

Black hole light echoes are an extreme form of gravitational lensing. To measure the masses and spins of black holes, ...

Recent results suggest these exotic objects just might help us account for the mysterious force pushing the universe apart.

A radical hypothesis suggesting black holes could be behind the accelerating expansion of our universe has been stirring up ...

Scientists using observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from a pair of monster black holes disrupting a cloud of gas in the center of a ...

A team of astronomers believe they have found a black hole in the early universe gobbling down matter at a rate of 40 times ...

NASA compares the universe's biggest black holes with "each other and to our solar system," in this Goddard Space Flight ...

Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to ...

Black holes exert a tremendous influence on their surroundings, meaning that when they spin, they literally drag the very fabric of space and time around with them. That means nothing can sit still ...

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

Recent studies are now linking this elusive force to black holes, hinting at a potential connection that may illuminate one ...