A view of the central region of the Perseus galaxy cluster, one of the most massive objects in the universe, shows the ...

An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon ...

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A science-based look at what theories suggest about the interior of black holes, and why their true nature remains one of ...

Between May 2023 and January 2024, a global network of gravitational-wave detectors picked up 128 new cosmic signals, more ...

The catastrophic collision of a black hole and a neutron star sent ripples across the universe. New analysis of those ripples ...

The study by astrophysicists from the University of Miami may be a step towards confirming the existence of primordial black ...

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An artist's concept of a tidal disruption event (TDE), which happens when a star passes close to a supermassive black hole. The gravity of the black hole pulls material from the star and launches a ...

A nearby active galaxy called VV 340a offers a dramatic look at how a supermassive black hole can reshape its entire host. Astronomers observed a relatively weak but restless jet blasting outward from ...