Learn about the closest black hole from Earth, Gaia BH1. This recently discovered black hole is dormant, but it’s only 1,600 ...

Researcher Matthew Graham said scientists didn't initially "believe the numbers about the energy" emitting from the cosmic ...

A colossal black hole 10 billion light-years away has been caught devouring one of the universe’s biggest stars, unleashing a ...

Astronomers spotted the largest flare ever released from a supermassive black hole as it snacked on a giant star.

A black hole can feel like the most distant and unreal object you could ever think about, yet the way its darkness bends ...

APM 08279-5255 is a massive black hole (quasar) that contains about 140 trillion times the amount in all of Earth’s oceans ...

The Event Horizon Telescope only recently gave us the first images of the environment immediately surrounding a black hole.

Researchers are using black hole “shadow” images to test whether Einstein’s relativity remains unshakable. With ...

The flare has been going on for seven years as a supermassive black hole consumes a massive star that ventured too close.

Black holes are considered cosmic gluttons, from which not even light can escape. That is also why the images of black holes ...

What would a human see and feel while falling into a black hole? In this exclusive excerpt of his new book, "Facing Infinity, ...

Scientists have discovered a supermassive black hole flare, the largest seen in the universe, and it may be making a meal of ...