Past research about black hole births rarely included magnetic fields or the spins of the precursor stars. But considering ...

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

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

Scientists may have solved the mystery of an "impossible" merger between two black holes so massive and fast-spinning that ...

Chinese researchers have identified black holes as the likely source of the high-energy component of the cosmic-ray “knee.” Milestone findings released on November 16 by the Large High Altitude Air Sh ...

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

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

An international collaboration of physicists including researchers at Washington University in St. Louis has made ...

The trip took place in July 2024 and took 6 days. Over that time, the flying observatory looked at two main sources: the Crab ...

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

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 ...