Black holes exert a tremendous influence on their surroundings, meaning that when they spin, they literally drag the very fabric of space and time around with them. That means nothing can sit still ...

How did supermassive black holes get big so fast? Astrophysicist Souphie Koudmani tells us how she and her colleagues are finding out.

How astronomers used gravitational lensing, a space-time trick predicted by Einstein, to detect a black hole measuring 30 ...

A radical hypothesis suggesting black holes could be behind the accelerating expansion of our universe has been stirring up ...

Nijmegen master's students predict that LISA, an upcoming space antenna project by the ESA, will detect stronger ...

Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to ...

Astrophysicists have developed a method to detect light echoes from black holes, potentially revolutionizing the measurement ...

A team of U.S. astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole that is consuming matter at a phenomenal rate—40x the ...

A team of astrophysicists, led by scholars from the Institute for Advanced Study, has developed an innovative technique to ...

The gravitational field of a rotating black hole is powerful and strange. It is so powerful that it warps space and time back ...

A recent study has proposed a new mechanism for the formation of primordial black holes that could provide answers about dark matter.

Scientists are now claiming that primordial black holes may be heating up and exploding throughout the universe. Detection of ...