Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...

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A new census reveals that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden behind dust, disrupting major galactic models.

A black hole likely lurks even closer to Earth than the supermassive Sagittarius A* at the center of our home Milky Way galaxy. Don’t panic, though.

Earth’s closest black hole isn’t a black hole after all. Back in 2020, a mission led by the European Southern Observatory reported the discovery of a black hole close to Earth.

A powerful new technique is poised to revolutionize how astronomers observe black holes, by producing sharp, multicolored ...

For objects without a liquid core, PBHs might simply pass through and leave behind a straight tunnel, the study proposes. For example, a PBH with a mass of 10 22 grams — that’s a one with 22 zeros — ...

The US and China have reached a rare earth minerals agreement which could prevent a $34 billion black hole in the economy.

Astronomers confirm ‘lite intermediate’ black holes, too large for ordinary stars, revealing clues about early stellar origins.

Crucially, this bounce occurs entirely within the framework of general relativity, which applies on large scales such as ...