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

"This work is a step toward understanding how quantum mechanics and gravity work together, a major unsolved problem in ...

Few things in space are as bright as a supernova, but recently astronomer captured a flash out in the cosmos so great their ...

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

Caltech simulations reveal what happens when black holes collide with neutron stars—violent cracking, intense shock waves, ...

One of the most perplexing discoveries in modern astronomy has been finding supermassive black holes, some weighing billions ...

Using the XMM-Newton telescope, astronomers have witnessed high-speed "burps" erupting from a distant overfeeding ...

Researchers have observed strange goings-on around a supermassive black hole located nearly 300 million light years away.

A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...

For decades, scientists have believed there should be black holes that fall between two well-known types. On one end are ...

A distant supermassive black hole, PG1211+143, is consuming surrounding matter so rapidly it's expelling excess mass at ...