A new mathematical model of a wormhole suggests that two black holes can be “cut and pasted.” Cut and paste is an official ...

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 ...

The universe occasionally produces a huge surprise that proves physicists wrong, says Kip Thorne, who grew up in Logan, Utah, ...

Astronomers have uncovered clues to a red giant’s chaotic past by detecting subtle stellar vibrations that hint at a long-ago collision and an unexpectedly rapid spin. Astronomers at the (IfA) have pi ...

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

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

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

In October 2024 the network detected a clear signal that pointed back to a merger that occurred 700 million light-years away. The progenitor black holes were 20 and 6 solar masses and the larger ...

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

Tracking down black holes at the center of dwarf galaxies has proven difficult. In part it is because they have a tendency to ...