New simulations suggest magnetic fields hold the key to forming black holes that defy known mass limits. When powerful ...

"Once you consider magnetic fields, you can actually explain the origins of this unique event." Scientists have gotten to the ...

The black hole was bigger than expected, and while the answer was hiding in plain sight, it still rewrites what we thought ...

New data reveals black hole jets can accelerate at speeds defying all physical laws, leaving astronomers without a clear ...

Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes "have determined that a giant black hole has destroyed a ...

Astronomers reveal how two “forbidden” massive black holes merged, solving a cosmic mystery and refining stellar evolution ...

Astronomers have spotted the largest and most distant flare ever observed from a supermassive black hole. Nicknamed ...

In 2023, astronomers observed a black hole collision that defied established theories. Two enormous black holes spun into ...

Two distant black hole mergers detected in late 2024 have emitted powerful gravitational waves that matched predictions made over a century ago by Albert Einstein.

A comprehensive set of simulations by Flatiron Institute astrophysicists and their colleagues revealed that magnetic fields are responsible for creating black holes with masses in a range previously ...

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called ...

The ESA's Euclid space telescope has been in space for just over a year, investigating some of the deepest mysteries of the ...