An international team of astronomers, led by SRON, has observed a sudden outburst of matter near the supermassive black hole ...

A never-before-seen blast from a supermassive black hole was spotted by two sophisticated X-ray space telescopes. This giant ...

NASA has visualized the cataclysm, which is thought to have caused a mysterious eruption of gamma rays captured by telescopes ...

For the first time, astronomers have caught the moment when a supermassive black hole flare triggers a mighty wind blasting ...

A remarkably clean gravitational-wave detection has confirmed long-standing predictions about black holes, including ...

How confusing inevitability with reality built decades of paradox. What if general relativity never actually tells us that ...

Surprisingly, some of the universe's brightest objects are black holes. As scorching gas and dust flow around and into a ...

Learn how researchers used Einstein’s theory of general relativity to create the most accurate simulations to date.

Astronomers capture the twinkle of a distant quasar, RX J1131, and reveal the secret size of a black hole's fiery corona.

Supersonic shock waves are cone-shaped disturbances that result from an object moving faster than the speed of sound. If you were unlucky enough to be struck by a primordial black hole, its shock ...

Using cutting-edge algorithms and exascale supercomputers, researchers have created the most realistic simulations yet of matter flowing into black holes. Building on decades of research, a group of c ...

A new study by researchers at the University of Amsterdam shows how gravitational waves from black holes can be used to ...