Past research about black hole births rarely included magnetic fields or the spins of the precursor stars. But considering ...

In the world of astrophysics, Stephen Hawking’s predictions about black holes have always sparked fascination and debate.

Fresh observations of two merging black holes confirm predictions made by Stephen Hawking based on Albert Einstein’s theory. A decade after the first detection of gravitational waves from two merging ...

A new mathematical model of a wormhole suggests that two black holes can be “cut and pasted.” Cut and paste is an official concept in math, referring to two surfaces that may be transposable. In this ...

If you've ever wondered what would actually happen if a microscopic black hole tunneled straight through your body, answers ...

New data reveals black hole jets can accelerate at speeds defying all physical laws, leaving astronomers without a clear ...

Supersonic shock waves are cone-shaped disturbances that result from an object moving faster than the speed of sound. If you ...

A colossal star met an unexpected fate when it drifted too close to a supermassive black hole 10 billion light-years away.

Primordial black holes (PBHs) are black holes theorized to have formed shortly after the Big Bang. Compared to black holes ...

Scientists flew the XL-Calibur telescope on a high-altitude balloon to measure polarized X-rays from Cygnus X-1. These ...

Researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed an actively growing supermassive black hole ...

The tidal forces produced by a tiny black hole would have an interesting effect on human bodies.