The inner edge of the gas disk rapidly approaches the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) near the stellar black hole, triggering the eruption of a plasma jet. The jet continues until the inner ...

Besides particles like sterile neutrinos, axions and weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), a leading candidate for ...

When people think of black holes, they imagine something dramatic: a star exploding in space, collapsing in on itself, and ...

Some stars streaking through the Milky Way at millions of kilometers per hour probably trace back to a supermassive black ...

Astronomers searching for massive black holes shredding stars found one in an unusual place -- 2,600 light years from the core of a galaxy. The roque black hole may be from an earlier merger with ...

Scientists have made the most accurate predictions yet of the elusive space-time disturbances caused when two black holes fly closely past each other. The new findings, published Wednesday (May 14 ...

Astronomers have observed a supermassive black hole consuming a star outside a galaxy's center for the first time, challenging previous assumptions. The event, named "AT2024tvd," occurred 600 ...

Physicists have built the first ever black hole bomb, a long-theorised phenomenon where energy is boosted by a black hole and trapped by surrounding mirrors until an explosion occurs. Thankfully ...

Through the looking glass: The discovery of a supermassive black hole not only challenges assumptions about where these galactic giants reside but also demonstrates the power of combining ...