Scientists are developing new methods to turn black hole images into time-resolved 3D movies, revealing how plasma, jets, and gravity behave near event horizons ...

From signs of life on Mars to an interstellar visitor and weakening dark energy, 2025 reshaped space science, raising the ...

Physicists have started to treat a once-fringe idea with surprising seriousness: that our entire observable universe might be ...

Astronomers have witnessed a dramatic and never-before-seen event near a supermassive black hole: an intense X-ray flare that ...

It’s the greatest cosmic murder mystery of the year: How did a black hole destroy a star—and what kind of black hole is the culprit? Normally, so-called “gamma ray bursts,” sudden flashes of extremely ...

From new exoplanetary neighbors and a weakening dark energy to the best evidence for life on Mars and an interstellar comet ...

Three merging galaxies host three active black holes, offering rare insight into galaxy and black hole growth.

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

Black holes are dark, matter-devouring balls of gravity. Most of them are so far away that we don't need to worry about them.

Astronomers have decoded the hidden past of a distant red giant star by listening to tiny vibrations in its light, revealing ...

Astronomers have confirmed the first known triple system in which all three galaxies host actively feeding, radio-bright ...

In any other year, the supermassive black hole mentioned above would probably scoop the award for most striking outburst, but not in 2025. This year, that accolade goes to a flare designated ...