Einstein's general theory of relativity predicted that so-called 'plunging regions' around black holes would accelerate ...
This artist's concept illustrates a supermassive black hole with millions to billions times the mass of our sun. Supermassive ...
A newly discovered galaxy has just smashed the record for the earliest seen yet, presenting a major challenge to our current ...
Primordial black holes are one of the strongest candidates for the universe's missing dark matter. But a new theory suggests ...
This change "is analogous to changing the direction of a new battleship in a few minutes," researcher Gerrit Schellenberger ...
"Frame dragging is an effect present around all spinning black holes." The "wobbling" remains of a star that suffered a ...
Black hole singularities defy the laws of physics. New research presents a bold solution to this puzzle: Black holes may actually be a theoretical type of star called a 'gravastar,' filled with ...
Huge black holes are firing powerful beams of particles into space—and then changing their aim to fire at new targets. This ...
A James Webb Telescope image shows the J0148 quasar circled in red. Two insets show, on top, the central black hole, and on bottom, the stellar emission from the host galaxy. A team of MIT ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the earliest-known galaxy, one that is surprisingly bright and big considering ...
Astronomers at MIT, NASA, and elsewhere have a new way to measure how fast a black hole spins, by using the wobbly ...