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

Ancient galaxies colloquially known as "little red dots" have proven a mystery ever since astronomers discovered them three ...

The gaseous cocoons surrounding "little red dots" hint at their true nature, a new James Webb telescope study hints.

In a patch of sky about 1.2 billion light-years from Earth, astronomers have found a cosmic rarity: three galaxies caught in a merger, and all three of their central supermassive black holes are ...

It’s the greatest cosmic murder mystery of the year: How did a black hole destroy a star—and what kind of black hole is the culprit? Normally, so-called “gamma ray bursts,” sudden flashes of extremely ...

2025 was another big year for black holes, and here's our pick of the top black hole stories from the last twelve months. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Black holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe, and now scientists can model them more accurately than ever before. By combining Einstein’s gravity with realistic behavior of light and ...

Black holes are notorious for gobbling up everything that comes their way, but astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered that even supermassive black ...

The early universe appears to be littered with enormous star-like balls of gas powered by a black hole at their core, a finding that has taken astronomers by surprise and might solve one of the ...

Astronomers have detected spacetime itself being dragged and twisted by a spinning black hole for the first time. The discovery, seen during a star’s violent destruction, confirms a prediction made ...

Supermassive black holes have been found at the center of almost every galaxy, sucking up anything unlucky to fall into its maw — including light itself — through unfathomable gravitational forces.