Very massive stars are cosmic "rock stars" that live fast, die young and leave black holes in their place. During this ...

Scientists have observed a new type of black hole that is too heavy to have been born from a star but still too slim to … The ...

Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...

"This work is a step toward understanding how quantum mechanics and gravity work together, a major unsolved problem in ...

A team of scientists has developed a new model to study ‘very massive stars’ and their impact on the formation of black holes ...

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

Traditionally thought to go silent after a brief flare of activity, some black holes are now being observed emitting new ...

Using the XMM-Newton telescope, astronomers have witnessed high-speed "burps" erupting from a distant overfeeding ...

Caltech simulations reveal what happens when black holes collide with neutron stars—violent cracking, intense shock waves, ...

Researchers have observed strange goings-on around a supermassive black hole located nearly 300 million light years away.