"The results we are obtaining are truly unexpected, and all point to a super Eddington-type growth mechanism for black holes.

Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity, general relativity, is famously incomplete. As proven by physics Nobel laureate Roger ...

The upgraded Kilo-class submarine was deployed from the Baltic Sea to shore up Russia’s Far East naval fleet. Read more at ...

Black holes don't have many identifying features. They come in one color (black) and one shape (spherical). The main ...

For decades, astronomers have puzzled over how the supermassive black holes residing in the center of galaxies form. Now, ...

Black holes have captivated scientists for more than a century. How well do you know these supermassive wonders of the ...

The Sun is surrounded by an atmosphere of plasma that we call the corona. It is nearly 1 million degrees Celsius (1.8 million ...

Using the Japanese-led X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), astronomers have taken a deep look into a fascinating ...

Peculiar James Webb Space Telescope observations seem to show gargantuan black holes in the earliest moments of the universe. New research may explain how they formed, thanks to primordial "seeds".

Their orbit periodically takes them through a cloud of gas, triggering flares. Their orbit periodically takes them through a ...

Which, by coincidence, is the same size as the “black hole” that Rachel Reeves is attempting to fill with tax increases ...

Image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration "has ...