Joint research led by Michiko Fujii of the University of Tokyo demonstrates a possible formation mechanism of ...

A star in a distant galaxy appears to have been almost torn apart in a close shave with a supermassive black hole, not once ...

Scientists have calculated the speed of a spinning supermassive black hole by studying the 'spaghettified' remains of a star ...

Einstein used this theory more than a century ago to predict what happens in what would later become known as black holes.

Astronomers have managed to measure the spin of a supermassive black hole, which could help reveal how they grew in the ...

This artist's concept illustrates a supermassive black hole with millions to billions times the mass of our sun. Supermassive ...

The binary star system VFTS 243 could help scientists understand why some stars vanish more suddenly than others.

Black holes are intriguing astronomical objects that have a gravitational pull so strong that it prevents any object and even ...

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 ...

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Black holes gobble the stellar material like a messy toddler, scattering the debris in all directions. Half of the material ...

Kurzgesagt is back with another video about black holes; it has the innocuous-seeming title of The Easiest Way To Build a ...