New simulations suggest magnetic fields hold the key to forming black holes that defy known mass limits. When powerful ...

In 2023, astronomers detected a huge collision. Two unprecedentedly massive black holes had crashed an estimated 7 billion ...

Before atomic elements came together, less than a second after the Big Bang, if particles condensed into halos of matter, ...

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

Monster black holes entered the cosmic scene soon after the Universe’s birth and grew rapidly, reaching millions or even ...

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

Pairs of black holes have been detected in the past through their gravitational effects, but until now, scientists have never ...

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

A new study suggests that during a potential phase of primordial matter domination, particle interactions may have led to the formation of the universe’s first compact cosmic objects. Less than a ...

Active galactic nucleus (AGN) black hole 10 billion light-years away, J2245+3743, made the biggest and brightest flare ever ...

Theoretical physicist Alex Lupsasca is pushing for a space telescope to glimpse the thin ring of light that is thought to surround every black hole.

A supermassive black hole violently gobbled up an enormous star, producing a gargantuan cosmic outburst, according to a new ...