A U.S. gravitational wave detector spotted a collision between fast-spinning “forbidden” black holes that challenge physics ...

The new black hole has more than 200 times the mass of our sun – and is challenging theories of how objects form in space ...

The biggest black hole merger yet observed could confirm a rare class of black holes long thought to be missing from the universe.

Black holes are some of the most enigmatic and terrifying phenomena in the universe. These cosmic giants possess gravitational forces so intense that not even light can escape their grasp. While black ...

The only place that's likely to happen is at the very center of our galaxy. And, for a while, there was an excess of ...

See the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the Milky Way galaxy in this time-lapse view from the International Space Station.

An international team of physicists discovered the largest-ever merger of 2 black holes through a phenomenon known as gravitational waves.

Hidden in the ‘Infinity Galaxy,’ a black hole floats in space where none should exist, upending old ideas about black hole birth.

Every year, a few thousand people deploy to live on Antarctic research stations — and go through punishing survival training ...

"The biggest surprise of all was that the black hole was not located inside either of the two nuclei but in the middle. We asked ourselves: How can we make sense of this?" ...

Astronomers have detected the signal of a colossal black hole in deep space that likely formed when two already-large black ...

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever ...